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The struggle for power in Syria : politics and society under Asad and the Ba'th Party / Nikolaos van Dam.
- Title
- The struggle for power in Syria : politics and society under Asad and the Ba'th Party / Nikolaos van Dam.
- Author
- Dam, Nikolaos van.
- Publication
- London : I. B. Tauris, 2011.
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| Text | Request in advance | DS98.2 .D35 2011 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 255 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- This classic study of politics and society in modern Syria explains the factors that enabled the regime of Hafiz al-Asad to stay in power much longer than any other since independence. Through an in-depth examination of the role of sectarian, regional and tribal loyalties, van Dam traces developments within the Ba'th Party and the military and civilian power elite from the 1963 Ba'thist takeover up to the present day.
- Subject
- Note
- Previous ed.: 1996.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 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 politica 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.
- ISBN
- 9781848857605 (pbk.)
- 1848857608 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 663446388
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library