Asad Of Syria

Klappentext For more than twenty years, the ruler of Syria, Hafiz al-Asad, has been at the heart of the power struggle in the Middle East. Patrick Seale's portrait of the leader shows a man driven by his personal vision for Syria and the Arab world. Zusammenfassung “This is a book in the finest tradition of investigative scholarship. The research is awesome. . . . Seale’s great strength is his ability to explain the confusing kaleidoscopic nature of Middle Eastern diplomacy. He understands the game being played and also knows the players. . . . [An] impressive book.”— Los Angeles Times Book Review Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface PART ONE: THE REVOLUTIONARY 1 Coming Down the Mountain 2 The French Legacy 3 Party School and Army College 4 The Peasants' Revolt 5 The Cairo Conspiracy 6 Capturing the State 7 Capturing the Party 8 Blindly to the Brink 9 The Six Day Walkover 10 The Fight to the Top 11 The Black September Fiasco PART TWO: THE LEADER 12 Asad's State 13 Sadat! the Unsound Ally 14 The October Illusion 15 Duel with Henry Kissinger 16 1975: The Year Things Fell Apart 17 The Lebanese Trap 18 Jimmy Carter's False Dawn 19 The Enemy Within 20 Standing Alone 21 Ally of the Ayatollah 22 Battle with Menachem Begin 23 The Defeat of George Shultz 24 The Brothers' War (revised 1995) 25 Forging a Nation 26 Dirty Tricks 27 Conclusions: the Balance Sheet Notes Select Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Maureen McConville, Seale, Patrick Seale, Seale Patrick
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.1990
• EAN: 9780520069763
• ISBN: 978-0-520-06976-3
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 235 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Syria, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Middle Eastern history, Biography: historical, political and military, HISTORY / Middle East / Syria, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Arab & Middle Eastern