JOBY WARRICK has been a reporter for The Washington Post since 1996. He has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, for journalism and for his book Black Flags- The Rise of ISIS. He is also the author of The Triple Agent.
"Joby Warrick tells the story of President Bashar al-Assad’s
chemical weapons program, from the dormant period when it was
holstered in vats in facilities scattered around the country, to
its use against civilians, to its supposed dismantling. .
. Warrick presents it sharply and compellingly."
--The Washington Post
"Much has been written about the use of chemical weapons during the
war in Syria, but the accounts are partial. The virtue of Warrick’s
book is that it provides a panoramic reconstruction of the chemical
attack and its aftermath. We see it from the eyes of survivors,
doctors, activists, disarmament experts, diplomats, and
policymakers. The book cuts from scenes on the ground in Eastern
Ghouta, to the U.N. inspectors in Damascus, to National Security
Council meetings in the White House, telling the story with urgency
and clarity."
--Newsline
"Joby Warrick . . . has produced another highly readable and
well-sourced work, a bleak but real-life thriller. Its characters
include ordinary Syrians, spies, diplomats, UN experts and
Americans who worked hard to destroy Assad’s chemical weapons
arsenal, only to discover that they had not completed their
task."
--The Guardian
“President Biden . . . may wish to read Joby Warrick's Red Line . .
. [which] has important implications for countering
proliferation.”
--John Bolton, The Wall Street Journal
"Necessary . . . Joby Warrick’s Red Line can grip as
tightly as any thriller, but the reader has to take mental notes if
not actual ones."
--Hugh Hewlitt, The Washington Post
"This riveting narrative . . . reads like a thriller . .
. Warrick’s vivid portraits of so many of the diverse
inviduals involved, from victims to American engineers and U.N.
investigators, provide a devastating perspective on the civil war
in Syria."
--The National Book Review
"A pleasure to read, Red Line also comprises a valuable addition to
the growing literature on the war in Syria. . . the book includes
equally compelling accounts with characters ranging from UN weapons
inspectors and Syrian doctors to Islamic State operatives planning
their own chemical attacks. In Warrick’s hands, their experiences
come alive."
--The National Interest
“Red Line is a forensic examination of the moral culpability of the
Assad government and its Russian backers . . . Warrick combines
novelist’s gift for storytelling with the journalist’s gift for
hard research.”
--The Tablet
"Lively and easily accessible . . . This book will benefit both
Syria observers and those interested in disarmament issues. Above
all, it contains powerful material that should serve as a warning
to us all – in terms of chemical weapons in Syria, if anything we
were fortunate."
--The New Arab
"Warrick balances harrowing reports of poisoned children dying of
paralysis and asphyxiation with vibrant character sketches of
Syrian spies and medical workers, UN chemical-weapons investigators
braving sniper fire, and American engineers facing toxic spills,
hostile environmentalist flotillas, and the possible capsizing of
their ship. . . comprehensive and electric."
--Publishers Weekly
"An unsettling look at the extraordinarily brutal civil war that
has engulfed Syria since 2011. . . Warrick delivers a vivid
account."
--Kirkus
"Engrossing . . . This gripping investigation of the
challenges of Middle East politics will engage informed general
readers and foreign policy specialists."
--Library Journal
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