The Levant

A Fractured Mosaic

By: William Harris

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Hardcover | 2 June 2015

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260 Pages

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Perched between three continents — Africa, Asia, and Europe — the Levant is a crossroads of world history. Presently the domain of Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians, with Turkey on its northern margins, the Levant epitomizes cultural complexity and geopolitical turbulence. This book surveys the pageant of peoples, armies, empires, and regimes that have featured in the Levant’s dramatic story since Pompey came from Rome chasing pirates more than 2,000 years ago.

The completely revised edition includes a special chapter on the convulsion in Syria since 2011, which has made the largest country in the Levant a theater of horror.

Other updated chapters include the latest events in Isreal/Palestine (including the recent Gaza War) Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey. the ISIS and the new role of the US.

Industry Reviews

One of the 10 Must-Read Books on Terrorism.

William Harris's comprehensive work is the best survey of the Levant region of the Middle East, a broad geographical area that today includes Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and parts of Jordan and Iraq, among other countries, The book is a sweeping history of the region, explaining structural and geographic determinant factors that explain its role and characteristics throughout the ages. It's the single most useful book for understanding the Levant out there." - Tony Badran, Wall Street Journal, 17th November 2015

Packed with solid information about the complex reality of the Levant in its historical, geographical, and political aspects during the past two millennia. . . . The survey is remarkably balanced in its depiction of ideologies and rivalries. . . . Highly recommended." Outstanding Academic Book of the Year - Choice

"Harris goes beyond historical developments to examine the unique circumstances that have led to sociopolitical fault lines in the contemporary nation-states of the Levant. . . . A well-researched and engaging book."-Library Journal

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