@book {1230291,
	title = {Syria: A Modern History},
	year = {2019},
	pages = {160},
	publisher = {Polity},
	organization = {Polity},
	abstract = {<p>Today Syria is a country known for all the wrong reasons: civil war, vicious sectarianism, and major humanitarian crisis. But how did this once rich, multi-cultural society end up as the site of one of the twenty-first century{\textquoteright}s most devastating and brutal conflicts?</p><p>In this incisive book, internationally renowned Syria expert David Lesch takes the reader on an illuminating journey through the last hundred years of Syrian history {\textendash} from the end of the Ottoman empire through to the current civil war. The Syria he reveals is a fractured mosaic, whose identity (or lack thereof) has played a crucial part in its trajectory over the past century. Only once the complexities and challenges of Syria{\textquoteright}s history are understood can this pivotal country in the Middle East begin to rebuild and heal.</p>},
	url = {http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509527519\&subject_id=5},
	author = {David W. Lesch}
}
