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Routledge
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Routledge
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Routledge
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This book traces the development of modern Syria focusing on the contribution of the Ba’th party and Ba’thist ideology. It examines the roots of the Ba’th in the intellectual ferment of the 1940s and charts its growing influence on Syrian politics. Special attention is devoted to the crucial Sixth Congress of the Ba’th Party in 1963 and the key ideological document, the Muntalaqat , produced by... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Birth of Ba’thist Ideology 3. The Alaouites 4. Coups and Politics 1947-58 5. Union with Egypt 1958-61 6. The Ba’th in Power 7. Ba’thist Doctrine 8. The Structure of the Ba’th 9. Internal Conflicts 1963-70 10. A Short Balance Sheet 11. Hafiz al-Asad – I 12. Hafiz al-Asad – II 13. Conclusions 14. The Future Appendix A. Chronology of the Ba’th in Iraq Appendix B. Special Preface to the Constitution of the Party Appendix C. Syria–Iran Appendix D. The Syrian Ba’th Party
Biography
David Roberts
