Syria: a Сentury of Struggle
... of Syria since the beginning of the First World War as one of the Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire until the coming to power of Bashar al-Assad in 2000. Special attention is paid to the period of formation of the Baath party, which radically changed the ... .... The publication certainly helps put the current civil war in the context of historical development of Syria and the entire Middle East region. The Book "History Of Syria - XX century", by Elza Pir-Budagova, is most relevant today, when the ...
14.01.2016