Nikolaos Van Dam

The Struggle for Power in Syria (eBook, PDF)

Politics and Society Under Asad and the Ba'th Party

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In the midst of turmoil in the Middle East, and in the face of protests and demonstrations from Homs to Damascus and other places all over Syria, the Ba'th Party and Bashar al-Asad are truly caught up in a struggle to hold onto power in Syria. 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. Through an in-depth examination of the role of sectarian, regional and tribal loyalties, van Dam traces developments within the Ba'th party and the military and civilian power elite from the 1963 Ba'thist takeover up to the present day.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857720535
• Artikelnr.: 39142251

Autorenporträt

Nikolaos van Dam is a Dutch scholar, a specialist on Syria and 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