Recensione:
'A fluent introduction to Syria's recent past, this book provides the back story to the country s collapse into brutal civil conflict.' --Andrew Arsan, St John s College, University of Cambridge
'McHugo uncovers uncanny parallels between the pacification strategies of the French in the 1920s and the Bashar al-Assad regime today, exposing the continuous role of violence in the region's (flawed) state formation.' --Raymond Hinnebusch, Centre for Syrian Studies, University of St Andrews
'Enlightening' --Robert Fisk, the Independent
'[Provides] a real insight into the political fragility that underpins much of what caused the current civil war ... at times remarkably prescient ... McHugo, makes the point that to the English-speaking world, Syria is a far off country which relatively few people have made a serious effort to understand. In writing this insightful and timely book, he has gone some considerable way to rectifying this neglect.' --Sunday Herald
'Scholarly but accessible...' --The Tablet
L'autore:
John McHugo is an international lawyer and Arabist, with over forty years experience of the region. A board member of the Council for Arab- British Understanding and a director of the British Egyptian Society, McHugo is also chair of the Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine. His writing has featured in History Today, The World Today and on the BBC News website, and his debut work, A Concise History of the Arabs, was published to critical acclaim in 2013. McHugo was shortlisted for the Salon Transmission Prize in 2014.
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