A History of Modern Syria

[A] masterly narrative… Daniel Neep’s excellent, comprehensive history corrects the traditional narrative of a passive Syria by placing its people at the heart of their story. – Charles Glass * Financial Times *A timely moment for a much longer historical sweep of the country, which is what Daniel Neep provides in A History of Modern Syria. He shows that many of the issues now facing the country’s leaders are by no means new… [offering] refreshing takes on familiar stories… a corrective to the lazy trope of Syria being a product of colonialism. * New Statesman *

Daniel Neep researches Politics and society in the Middle East, with a focus on Syria. He is Senior Editor at Arab Center Washington DC and Non-Resident Fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University. He has taught Middle East Politics at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and the University of Exeter. He was previously Research Director (Syria) at the Council for British Research in the Levant and spent several years living in Syria and Jordan. He is also the author of Occupying Syria under the French Mandate- Insurgency, Space, and State Formation.