Syria : a history of the last hundred years / John McHugo.
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TextPublisher: New York : The New Press, 2015Description: 291 pages : maps ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781620970454 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1620970457 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- DS 95 .M35 2015
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Storms Research Center Main Collection | DS 95 .M35 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 98649693 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and index.
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.
Charts the history of Syria from World War I to the present, documenting the nation's attempts at independence, the consequences of the Cold War and the Arab-Israeli conflicts, the rise of ISIS, and the rule of the Assad regimes.
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