Asad of Syria: 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
Party School and Army College | 24 |
The Peasants Revolt | 41 |
The Cairo Conspiracy | 49 |
9 | 60 |
Capturing the State | 72 |
Capturing the Party | 86 |
Blindly to the Brink | 104 |
10 | 128 |
15 | 211 |
Duel with Henry Kissinger | 226 |
The Year Things Fell Apart | 250 |
17 | 267 |
Jimmy Carters False Dawn | 290 |
The Enemy Within | 316 |
20 | 329 |
Ally of the Ayatollah | 351 |
The Fight to the | 142 |
11 | 152 |
12 | 169 |
13 | 185 |
14 | 194 |
The October Illusion | 202 |
23 | 362 |
24 | 371 |
The Brothers | 421 |
25 | 441 |
Forging a Nation | 518 |
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