Demystifying Syria

2012-02-13 Political Science

Author : Fred H. Lawson
Release : 2012-02-13
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 181/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Demystifying Syria written by Fred H. Lawson. This book was released on 2012-02-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demystifying Syria offers an extraordinary insight into the shifting relations between the Ba'th party and the armed forces, civil law, social structure, burgeoning private enterprise, internal political opposition, the European Union and its relation to Syria. This book goes beyond the headlines to offer a detailed portrait of the political, economic, social and diplomatic dynami that shape this pivotal and fiercely independent Middle Eastern state. Contributors include Bassem Haddad, Souhail Belhadj, Baudoin Dupret, Zouhair Ghazzal, Thomas Pierret, Salwa Ismail, Joshua Landis and Joe Pace. 'Demonstrates how US intervention in the region weakened the position of the Syrian opposition ... shows Syrian studies in the best possible light, edited to a high level and recommended to everyone interested in the complexities - rather than the mysteries - of contemporary Syria.' Times Higher Education Supplement 'This compelling book offers the reader much food for thought on a country that certainly defies any attempt to be encapsulated in unidirectional and straightforward definitions.' International Spectator

Global Security Watch—Syria

2013-02-07 History

Author : Fred H. Lawson
Release : 2013-02-07
Genre : History
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Download or read book Global Security Watch—Syria written by Fred H. Lawson. This book was released on 2013-02-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely study examines the forces at play in one of the world's most explosive nations, helping readers understand why Syria's popular uprising has been the most violent and hard-fought in the Middle East. In this insightful work, a noted expert goes behind the headlines to examine the complexities of Syrian politics and their impact on the modern world. Beginning with an overview of political and economic change after 1963 when the Ba'th Party came to power, the book focuses on developments in Syria since Bashar al-Assad assumed the presidency in 2000. It probes the evolution of the Islamist opposition and the course of the popular uprising that broke out in 2011 and explores Syria's multilayered relations with Israel, Turkey, Iran, Russia, and the United States. Readers will learn why rebellion in Syria has taken a much different path than movements that overturned autocratic regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen. They will also come away with a more nuanced understanding of the pivotal role Syria plays in both the Arab-Israeli conflict and inter-Arab relations, as well as the confluence of domestic challenges and foreign threats that make Syria the most vulnerable state in the contemporary Middle East.

Syria

2018 Antiques & Collectibles

Author : Dawn Chatty
Release : 2018
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
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Book Rating : 069/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Syria written by Dawn Chatty. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading expert offers the definitive account of Syria's long history of welcoming, and now exporting, refugees

Destroying a Nation

2017-07-30 Political Science

Author : Nikolaos Van Dam
Release : 2017-07-30
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 488/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Destroying a Nation written by Nikolaos Van Dam. This book was released on 2017-07-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the Arab Spring, Syria descended into civil and sectarian conflict. It has since become a fractured warzone which operates as a breeding ground for new terrorist movements including ISIS as well as the root cause of the greatest refugee crisis in modern history. In this important book, former Special Envoy of the Netherlands to Syria, Nikolaos van Dam, explains the recent history of Syria, covering the growing disenchantment with the Asad regime, the chaos of civil war and the fractures which led to an immense amount of destruction in the refined social fabric of what used to be the Syrian nation. Through an in-depth examination, van Dam traces political developments within the Asad regime and the various opposition groups from the Arab Spring to the present day, and provides a deeper insight into the conflict and the possibilities and obstacles for reaching a political solution.

Dissident Syria

2007-08-14 Art

Author : miriam cooke
Release : 2007-08-14
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 355/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Dissident Syria written by miriam cooke. This book was released on 2007-08-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of dissidence in Hafiz Asads Syria, describing how intellectuals tried to navigate between charges of complicity with the state and treason against it.

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