Among the Ruins Syria Past and Present

Name: Among the Ruins Syria Past and Present
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ISBN: 9780199396702

ISBN-10: 0199396701

ISBN-13: 9780199396702

Edition: N/A

Authors: Christian Sahner

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As a civil war shatters a country and consumes its people, historian Christian C. Sahner offers a poignant account of Syria, where the past profoundly shapes its dreadful present. Among the Ruins blends history, memoir and reportage, drawing on the author's extensive knowledge of Syria in ancient, medieval, and modern times, as well as his experiences living in the Levant on the eve of the war and in the midst of the "Arab Spring". These plotlines converge in a rich narrative of a country in constant flux - a place renewed by the very shifts that, in the near term, are proving so destructive.Sahner focuses on five themes of interest to anyone intrigued and dismayed by Syria's fragmentation…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 8.60" wide x 5.70" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English