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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McHugo, John, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Syria--History--20th century.

Syria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : The New Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

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

ISBN:

9781620970508

1620970503