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A landmark new history of Syria—a country forged in conflict, cursed by civil war and dictatorship, and pivotal to the future of the Middle East
“A masterful history of Syria that is both sweeping in scope and brimming with vivid detail...a riveting and insightful book.” —Wendy Pearlman, author of We…
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1 author picked Syria as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I didn’t know much about Syria before picking up this book.
But reading it, I discovered that Syria is a place where international politics, ideology, colonial legacy, religion, economics, and ordinary human survival all collide at once, which makes it both incredibly important and incredibly difficult to understand, let alone sum up simply. Hence, this book demands quite a commitment from the reader.
Nonetheless, at the end of it, I was left with a better understanding of how today’s Syria is the result of the interplay between many global processes. Time and time again, he says, we see how developments…
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