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Davidson, C.M. (2019). Syria and Imperialist Intervention, Past and Present. In: Ness, I., Cope, Z. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91206-6_41-1
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