An account of contemporary Syria, its extraordinary leader, and its current and future place in the Middle East.

The most important leader in Syrian history, Hafez al-Assad built the structure of a new Syria which would shape the contemporary Middle East. In this new biogr

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-cult

Traces the life and political career of Syria's President Assad, discusses his determination to unite the Arab world, and analyzes his policy decisions

Swedish writer August Strinberg played a major role in introducing a more modernist sensibility into his native country's literature, producing several major no