Asad of Syria : the struggle for the Middle East
For more than twenty years, the ruler of Syria, Hafiz al-Asad, has been at the heart of the power struggle in the Middle East. Patrick Seale's portrait of the leader shows a man driven by his personal vision for Syria and the Arab world
Print Book, English, 1989, ©1988
1st University of California Press ed View all formats and editions
University of California Press, Berkeley, 1989, ©1988
Biography
552, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780520066670, 9780520069763, 0520066677, 0520069765
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Preface PART ONE: THE REVOLUTIONARY 1 Coming Down the Mountain 2 The French Legacy 3 Party School and Army College 4 The Peasants' Revolt 5 The Cairo Conspiracy 6 Capturing the State 7 Capturing the Party 8 Blindly to the Brink 9 The Six Day Walkover 10 The Fight to the Top 11 The Black September Fiasco PART TWO: THE LEADER 12 Asad's State 13 Sadat, the Unsound Ally 14 The October Illusion 15 Duel with Henry Kissinger 16 1975: The Year Things Fell Apart 17 The Lebanese Trap 18 Jimmy Carter's False Dawn 19 The Enemy Within 20 Standing Alone 21 Ally of the Ayatollah 22 Battle with Menachem Begin 23 The Defeat of George Shultz 24 The Brothers' War (revised 1995) 25 Forging a Nation 26 Dirty Tricks 27 Conclusions: the Balance Sheet Notes Select Bibliography Index
"First published 1988 by I.B. Taurus & Co. Ltd., London"--Title page verso
Maps on the linening