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Syria: A History of the Last Hundred Years, by John McHugo
€7.00
Quay Books
The fall of Syria into civil war over the past two years has spawned a regional crisis with reverberations growing louder in each passing month. In this timely account, John McHugo seeks to contextualize the headlines, providing broad historical perspective and a richly layered analysis of a country few in the United States know or understand.
McHugo charts the history of Syria from World War I to the tumultuous present, examining the country’s thwarted attempts at independence, the French policies that sowed the seeds of internal strife, and the fragility of its foundations as a nation. He then turns to more recent events: religious and sectarian tensions that have divided Syria, the pressures of the Cold War and the Arab-Israeli conflict, and two generations of rule by the Assads.
The result is a fresh and rigorous narrative that explains both the creation and unravelling of the current regime and the roots of the broader Middle East conflict. As the Syrian civil war threatens to draw the US military once again into the Middle East, here is a rare and authoritative guide to a complex nation that demands our attention.
“A fluent introduction to Syria's recent past, this book provides the backstory to the country's collapse into brutal civil conflict.” - Andrew Arsan, St. John's College, University of Cambridge
“Scholarly but accessible and of much interest to those with an eye on geopolitical matters.” - Kirkus Reviews
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