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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Rathmell is a director of Aktis Strategy Ltd and Visiting Professor at Exeter University's Strategy and Security Institute. Vorwort This work is an in-depth study of Syrian politics and foreign relations between 1949 and 1961. Previously unstudied aspects of Syrian covert intervention in the 1958 Lebanese Civil War and of a Syrian-Jordanian "dirty war" are also included. Zusammenfassung This work is an in-depth study of Syrian politics and foreign relations between 1949 and 1961. Previously unstudied aspects of Syrian covert intervention in the 1958 Lebanese Civil War and of a Syrian-Jordanian "dirty war" are also included. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsA note on transliterationAbbreviationsPreface to the paperback editionIntroductionSyria in its environmentCoups and covert actionThe Shiskali era, 1949-54Syria between Nasser and the West, 1954-56Battling the Eisenhower Doctrine, 1957-58The United Arab Republic, 1958-61ConclusionNotesAppendix 1: Key datesAppendix 2: Key personalitiesBibliographyIndex