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The View from Damascus: State, Political Community and Foreign Relations in Twentieth-Century Syria
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Itamar Rabinovich to MESH:
The View from Damascus is a collection of 21 essays and chapters that I have published over the years. The original idea of putting such a volume together came from the late Frank Cass, the London publisher. I then went over more than 30 essays and chapters with two questions in mind: Did each of them merit reproduction, thirty, twenty or ten years after original publication? And did the twenty essays that passed the test fit together as a coherent book rather than a loose collection of disparate essays and chapters dealing with the same country? The answer to the second question is inherent in the book’s subtitle: “State, Political Community and Foreign Relations in Twentieth-Century Syria.” The essays chosen do indeed fall neatly into these three major categories.
The View from Damascus is a collection of 21 essays and chapters that I have published over the years. The original idea of putting such a volume together came from the late Frank Cass, the London publisher. I then went over more than 30 essays and chapters with two questions in mind: Did each of them merit reproduction, thirty, twenty or ten years after original publication? And did the twenty essays that passed the test fit together as a coherent book rather than a loose collection of disparate essays and chapters dealing with the same country? The answer to the second question is inherent in the book’s subtitle: “State, Political Community and Foreign Relations in Twentieth-Century Syria.” The essays chosen do indeed fall neatly into these three major categories.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1012565 in Books
- Published on: 2008-11-18
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 371 pages
Customer Reviews
Tedious and Outdated
The book is based on a series of previously published essays. This makes for very disjointed reading and a fair amount of the material is outdated. If you think that you must read this book, get it through a library. It is not worth buying.
