Syria: A Modern History

by David W. Lesch

Book Overview

Today Syria is a country known for all the wrong reasons: civil war, vicious sectarianism, and major humanitarian crisis. But how did this once rich, multi-cultural society end up as the site of one of the twenty-first century's most devastating and brutal conflicts?

In this incisive book, internationally-renowned Syria expert David Lesch takes the reader on an illuminating journey through the last hundred years of Syrian history - from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509527524
• ISBN13: 9781509527526
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.5" x 6.7"