TY  - BOOK
AU  - McHugo,John
TI  - Syria: a history of the last hundred years 
SN  - 9781620970454 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - DS 95 .M35 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - The New Press
KW  - Syria
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -