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Today Syria is in desperate turmoil - an unfathomable tragedy for anyone who has has followed the aspirations and dreams high civilised and educated people over the past century. Written by a distinguished British-Syrian diplomat and journalist who has experience of life in the inside of the the Assad regimes, balanced by a cosmopolitan London-based perspective on the region's general history, this volume delivers a rare understanding of Syria's turbulent history and the position she finds herself in today.
Contents
At the Beginning; The Aborting of Faisal's Syrian Kingdom; The Struggle for Independence 1920-1946;The Early Years of Independence; 1949-58: The 'Revolving Door' of Coups andCounter-Coups; The Rise And Fall of the United Arab Republic; The Last Hurrah of the Old Political Class(1961-63); A Fractured Baath Turns on Itself; Hafez Assad: The 'Eternal Commander'With the Iron Grip; 2000-2011: From Reform to Firestorm; Epilogue