Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East“This is a book in the finest tradition of investigative scholarship. The research is awesome. . . . Seale’s great strength is his ability to explain the confusing kaleidoscopic nature of Middle Eastern diplomacy. He understands the game being played and also knows the players. . . . [An] impressive book.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review |
Contents
Coming Down the Mountain | 3 |
The French Legacy | 14 |
Party School and Army College | 24 |
The Peasants Revolt | 41 |
The Cairo Conspiracy | 49 |
Capturing the State | 72 |
Capturing the Party | 86 |
Blindly to the Brink | 104 |
1975 The Year Things Fell Apart | 250 |
The Lebanese Trap | 267 |
Jimmy Carters False Dawn | 290 |
The Enemy Within | 316 |
Standing Alone | 339 |
Ally of the Ayatollah | 351 |
Battle with Menachem Begin | 366 |
The Defeat of George Shultz | 394 |
The Six Day Walkover | 117 |
The Fight to the Top | 142 |
The Black September Fiasco | 154 |
THE LEADER | 167 |
Asads State | 169 |
Sadat the Unsound Ally | 185 |
The October Illusion | 202 |
Duel with Henry Kissinger | 226 |
The Brothers Warrevised 1995 | 421 |
Forging a Nation | 441 |
Dirty Tricks | 461 |
Conclusions the Balance Sheet | 492 |
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