There is no better single guide to Syria's eventful history - from the dying years of the Ottoman Empire to the October War of 1973 - than this selection by Archive Editions of British diplomatic despatches. These fifteen volumes are an invaluable resource for historians, researchers, politicians, diplomats, journalists or simply for any one who might wish to know how professional observers reported and interpreted the complex events unfolding before them. Records of Syria contains 12,000 pages of original research carried out at the National Archives in London.