Syria : a history of the last hundred years / / John McHugo
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| Autore: |
McHugo John <1951->
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| Titolo: |
Syria : a history of the last hundred years / / John McHugo
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; London : , : The New Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 341.5/84 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Syria History 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Syria |
| ISBN: | 1-62097-050-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910511638603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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