A study of Syrian politics and society under the French mandate period of the 1920s and 1930s. Subtitled: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945. Looks in depth at the period using archival sources in France and Syria, plus primary research, shedding light on this critical interwar period in the country and the dynamics of Arab nationalism. Khoury was a Professor of History at MIT and authored several other works on the region. Foreword by Albert Hourani. Published by I.B. Tauris in 1987. First edition, first impression. Now out of print and hard to find. In very good condition, some minor wear externally only.