Sami Moubayed is a Syrian historian and journalist. From 2012 to 2013, he was a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, Lebanon. His articles on Middle East affairs have appeared in a variety of newspapers, including al-Ahram Weekly, al-Hayat, Gulf News, The Daily Star, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and Asia Times. He is a blogger with The Huffington Post and an online panelist with The Washington Post. He has written several books, including the best-selling Under the Black Flag (2016).

• List of Plates Acknowledgements Maps 1. Hands That Give, Never Take 2. Damascus Occupied 3. Syria in Revolt 4. The League of National Action 5. Encounter of a Lifetime 6. The Enemy of My Enemy 7. A New Dawn: August 1943 8. Blessed are the Educators 9. Evacuation 10. Dark Clouds 11. On the Brink of War 12. The Nakba 13. The Dictator of Damascus 14. The United Arab Republic and its Aftermath Dramatis Personae NotesBibliography Index

Sami Moubayed is a Syrian historian and journalist. From 2012 to 2013, he was a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, Lebanon. His articles on Middle East affairs have appeared in a variety of newspapers, including al-Ahram Weekly, al-Hayat, Gulf News, The Daily Star, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and Asia Times. He is a blogger with The Huffington Post and an online panelist with The Washington Post. He has written several books, including the best-selling Under the Black Flag (2016).

• List of Plates Acknowledgements Maps 1. Hands That Give, Never Take 2. Damascus Occupied 3. Syria in Revolt 4. The League of National Action 5. Encounter of a Lifetime 6. The Enemy of My Enemy 7. A New Dawn: August 1943 8. Blessed are the Educators 9. Evacuation 10. Dark Clouds 11. On the Brink of War 12. The Nakba 13. The Dictator of Damascus 14. The United Arab Republic and its Aftermath Dramatis Personae NotesBibliography Index

Sami Moubayed is a Syrian historian and journalist. From 2012 to 2013, he was a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, Lebanon. His articles on Middle East affairs have appeared in a variety of newspapers, including al-Ahram Weekly, al-Hayat, Gulf News, The Daily Star, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and Asia Times. He is a blogger with The Huffington Post and an online panelist with The Washington Post. He has written several books, including the best-selling Under the Black Flag (2016).

• List of Plates Acknowledgements Maps 1. Hands That Give, Never Take 2. Damascus Occupied 3. Syria in Revolt 4. The League of National Action 5. Encounter of a Lifetime 6. The Enemy of My Enemy 7. A New Dawn: August 1943 8. Blessed are the Educators 9. Evacuation 10. Dark Clouds 11. On the Brink of War 12. The Nakba 13. The Dictator of Damascus 14. The United Arab Republic and its Aftermath Dramatis Personae NotesBibliography Index