Asad of Syria
The Struggle for the Middle East
Patrick Seale(Author)
I.B. Tauris (Publisher)
Published on 31. December 1988
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-1-85043-061-2 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85043-061-2 (9781850430612)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 The revolutionary: coming down the mountain; the French legacy; party school and army college; the peasant's revolt; the Cairo conspiracy; capturing the state; capturing the party; blindly to the brink; the six day walkover; the fight to the top; the Black September fiasco. Part 2 The leader: Asad's state; Sadat, the unsound enemy; the October illusion; duel with Henry Kissinger; the year things fell apart; the Lebanese trap; Jimmy Carter's false dawn; the enemy within; standing alone; ally of the Ayatollah; battle with Menachem Begin; the defeat of George Shultz; the brothers' war; forging a nation; dirty tricks; conclusions - the balance sheet.