The Story of Syria
Nomad Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-908531-52-0 (ISBN)
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.
Ghayth Armanazi studied at the American University of Beirut (AUB), the University of Colorado in the US and at London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), before embarking on a career which would see him combine diplomatic postings (the Arab League and the UAE embassy in London) with outspoken writing on current affairs. Through the course of the 1990s we was Head of the London Mission of the League of Arab States and In 2006/7 he headed the Syrian Media Centre in London. Today Ghayth continues to consult and write articles on the current situation in the Middle East for both the Arab and Western press and makes frequent appearances in the broadcast media.
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
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.7.2023 |
|---|---|
| Einführung | Charles Glass |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations, black and white |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 450 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-908531-52-5 / 1908531525 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-908531-52-0 / 9781908531520 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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