ISBN: 9780863567537
Hardcover: 292 pages
Publisher: Saqi Book
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 44.7 x 8.6 x 1.2 inches
Syria’s descent into civil war has already claimed an estimated 150,000 lives while nearly nine million people have fled their homes. This is now the greatest humanitarian and political crisis of the twenty-first century. In this hard-hitting book, John McHugo considers why Syria’s foundations as a nation have proved so fragile. Tracing the history of Syria from the First World War to the present, McHugo lays bare the causes of the current tragedy.