Struggle for Power in Syria Politics and Society under Asad and the Ba'th Party

Name: Struggle for Power in Syria Politics and Society under Asad and the Ba'th Party
Price: 6.87 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781848857605

ISBN-10: 1848857608

ISBN-13: 9781848857605

Edition: 4th 2011 (Revised)

Authors: Nikolaos Van Dam

List price: $25.99

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $32.54

Marketplace

3 new & used from $6.87

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

This is a fully revised and updated paperback edition of this study of power in Syrian politics. The book explains the factors which have enabled the regime of Hafiz al-Asad to stay in power much longer than any other since independence; it also shows how al-Asad's disappearance may seriously disrupt Syria's present stability. Providing an in-depth analysis of the role of sectarian, regional and tribal loyalties in contemporary Syrian history, the author focuses attention on developments within the military and civilian power elite and the Ba'th Party organization. He shows that the 1963 Ba'thist takeover constituted a decisive turning-point. With the help of the army and the Ba'th, members…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 5/24/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.65" wide x 8.45" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



List of tables and map


Preface to the fourth edition



Introduction



The rise of minorities in the Syrian armed forces and in the Ba'th Party



Sectarian polarisation in the Syrian armed forces between Sunnis and religious minorities



The purge of Druze officers in the Syrian armed forces



The struggle for power within the Alawi community



Sectarian and regional factionalism in the Syrian political elite: a statistical analysis



Sectarian provocation and confrontation



Sectarian showdown: eradication of the Muslim Brotherhood



The power elite under Hafiz al-Asad



Conclusions



Syrian Ba'thist memoirs



A Ba'thist analysis of sectarianism, regionalism and tribalism



Confessions about sectarianism in the army units of Hama



An analysis of the Syrian armed forces


Notes


Bibliography


Index