Nikolaos Van Dam

The Struggle for Power in Syria

Politics and Society Under Asad and the Ba'th Party

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this important book, Nikolaos van Dam explores and explains how the Asad dynasty has come to rule Syria for about half a century and keep the complex patchwork of minorities, factions and opponents securely under control for such an unprecedented long period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• 4 ed
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 139mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9781848857605
• ISBN-10: 1848857608
• Artikelnr.: 32206416

Autorenporträt

Nikolaos van Dam is a specialist on Syria and has served as Ambassador of the Netherlands to Indonesia, Germany, Turkey, Egypt and Iraq.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The rise of minorities in the
Syrian armed forces and in the Ba'th Party Chapter 3: Sectarian
polarisation in the Syrian armed forces between Sunnis and religious
minorities Chapter 4: The purge of Druze officers in the Syrian armed
forces Chapter 5: The struggle for power within the Alawi community Chapter
6: Sectarian and regional factionalism in the Syrian political elite: a
statistical analysis Chapter 7: Sectarian provocation and confrontation
Chapter 8: Sectarian showdown: eradication of the Muslim Brotherhood
Chapter 9: The power elite under Hafiz al-Asad Chapter 10: Conclusions
Chapter 11: Syrian Ba'thist memoirs