Fragile nation, shattered land : the modern history of Syria /

How did the lands that are today Syria survive the vicissitudes of centuries of Ottoman, Egyptian and French rule, only to stand in ruins today, shattered by a brutal civil war? To provide answers, James Reilly traces five centuries of Syrian history, from the Ottoman period to the present. Reilly b...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Reilly, James A. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., [2019]
Subjects:	Syria > History. Syria > Politics and government.