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Loading... Syria: A History of the Last Hundred Yearsby John McHugo
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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 No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)956.9104History and Geography Asia Middle East The Levant SyriaLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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