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The Struggle for Power in Syria by Nikolaos Van Dam, Van Nikolas Dam (1996, Paperback, Reprint) 
The Struggle for Power in Syria by Nikolaos Van Dam, Van Nikolas Dam (1996, Paperback, Reprint)

 
The Struggle for Power in Syria by Nikolaos Van Dam, Van Nikolas Dam (1996, Paperback, Reprint)

Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Publication Date: 1996-06-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1860640249
ISBN-13: 9781860640247
Product ID: EPID747677
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Publication Date:1996-06-01
Edition Description:Reprint

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Length:228 pages
Height:8.8 in
Width:5.5 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:12.0 oz

Publisher's Note
Published for the first time in a fully revised and updated paperback edition, Nikolaos van Dam's book is a classic study of politics and society in modern Syria. Explaining the factors that have enabled the regime of Hafiz al-Asad to stay in power much longer than any other since independence, the book shows how Asad's disappearance may seriously disrupt Syria's uneasy stability. 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. He shows how the period of profound social change that followed 1963 saw the rise of the Islamic minority communities in national politics and the transformation of the lives of people from the countryside. Particular attention is given to issues such as the implications for Syria's future of the monopolization of power by Asad and his Alawi-dominated officers' faction; Sunni opposition to the regime; and the evolution of Syrian politics through the 1980s and 90s. This book will be of great interest to students of politics and society in the Middle East and the Third World.

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