Among the ruins
Syria past and present
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Word Count
55,750 words, Guess
Page Count
223 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveamongruinssyriap0000sahn
- ISBN-100199396701
- ISBN-139780199396702
- Library of Congress Control Number2014466693
- OCLC Control Number895389487
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number872421500
- Better World Books9780199396702
- Open LibraryOL27166686M
Classifications
- DDC956.91
- LCCDS95 .S23 2014
- LCCDS95.S23 2014
and 1 more
- LCCDS95 .S237 2014
Alternate Titles
- Syria among the ruins
Description
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." Sahner focuses on five themes of interest to anyone intrigued and dismayed by Syria's fragmentation since 2011: the role of Christianity in society; the arrival of Islam; the rise of sectarianism and competing minorities; the emergence of the Ba'ath Party; and the current pitiless civil war.
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Other Editions
- Among the ruins: Syria past and present
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