SYRIA: A RECENT HISTORY
Book ID/图书代码： 11908518C00021
English Summary/英文概要： Syria’s descent into chaos since 2011 has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, while more than nine million people have fled their homes. In this timely account, John McHugo charts the history of Syria from the First World War to the present and considers why Syria’s foundations as a nation have proved so fragile. He examines the country’s thwarted attempts at independence under French rule before turning to more recent events: two generations of rule by the Assad family, sectarian tensions, the pressures that turned an aborted revolution into a proxy war, and the appearance of ISIS. As the conflict in Syria rages on, McHugo provides a rare and authoritative guide to a complex nation that demands our attention.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 叙利亚自2011年以来陷入混乱，导致数十万人丧生，900多万人逃离家园。在这本及时的书中，约翰•麦克楚戈描绘了叙利亚从第一次世界大战到现在的历史，并思考了为什么叙利亚作为一个国家基础如此脆弱。他审视了这个国家在法国统治下争取独立的努力中屡屡受挫，然后转向近期发生的事件:阿萨德家族两代人的统治、宗派紧张局势、将一场流产的革命转变为代理人战争的压力，以及ISIS的出现。随着叙利亚冲突愈演愈烈，麦克楚戈为这个需要我们关注的复杂国家提供了一个罕见的权威指南。（WYL）
Awards/获奖情况：启发罗伯特•菲斯克，独立。
“这本书提供了对政治脆弱性的真实了解，而正是这种脆弱性在很大程度上导致了当前的内战。非常有先见之明……在这本发人深省的书的一开始，麦克楚戈就指出，对于英语国家来说，叙利亚是一个遥远的国家，很少有人认真去理解它。在写这本深刻而及时的书的过程中，他在纠正这种忽视方面做出了相当大的努力。”——《星期日先驱报》
《泰晤士报文学副刊》：“以鼓舞人心的力量告诉我们，叙利亚人如何找到了畅所欲言的能力。”
Enlightening Robert Fisk, Independent
’[Provides] a real insight into the political fragility that underpins much of what caused the current civil war ... Remarkably prescient ... At the very start of this enlightening read, McHugo makes the point that to the English-speaking world, Syria is a far off country which relatively few people have made a serious effort to understand. In writing this insightful and timely book, he has gone some considerable way to rectifying this neglect.’ Sunday Herald
’Tells us with inspirational force how the Syrians have found the ability to speak out’ Times Literary Supplement
About the Author/作者介绍： 约翰•麦克楚戈是圣安德鲁斯大学叙利亚研究中心的高级研究员。他是阿拉伯英国人理解协会和英国埃及协会的理事会成员，也是巴勒斯坦自由民主党之友的主席。麦克楚戈的文章被收录在《今日历史》、《今日世界》、《犹太季刊》和BBC新闻网站上。他的处女作《阿拉伯人简史》于2013年出版，获得了评论界的好评。2014年，麦克楚戈入围了沙龙传播奖。John McHugo is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Syrian Studies at St Andrews University. A board member of the Council for Arab British Understanding and the British Egyptian Society, he is also chair of the Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine. McHugo’s writing has featured in History Today, The World Today, Jewish Quarterly and on the BBC News website. His debut work, A Concise History of the Arabs, was published to critical acclaim in 2013. McHugo was shortlisted for the Salon Transmission Prize in 2014.
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