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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511638603321

Autore

McHugo John <1951->

Titolo

Syria : a history of the last hundred years / / John McHugo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : The New Press, , 2015

ISBN

1-62097-050-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

341.5/84

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Syria History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The land that once was known as Shaam -- French rule, 1920-1946 -- From independence to Hafez al-Assad, 1946-1970 -- Hafez al-Assad, 1970-2000: foreign policy challenges -- Inside the Syria of Hafez al-Assad, 1970-2000 -- Bashar al-Assad, 2000-: from succession to civil war -- Drawing the threads together.

Sommario/riassunto

The collapse of Syria into civil war over the past two years has spawned a regional crisis whose reverberations grow louder with 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