Syria under Bashar al-Asad: Modernisation and the Limits of Change (Adelphi series)

Syria under Bashar al-Asad: Modernisation and the Limits of Change (Adelphi series)
Volker Perthes (Author)

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Syria entered a new phase with the death of its long-serving leader, Hafiz al-Asad, and the accession of his son Bashar in 2000.  While the new president has disappointed much of the hopes for political opening which he himself has created, Syria is clearly undergoing a process of change. The author analyses the factors of economic and political change in the country, and gives a portrait of its new leadership.

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• Published on: 2006-07-28
• Original language: English
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• 120 pages

The Brink of Peace: The Israeli-Syrian Negotiations

The Brink of Peace: The Israeli-Syrian Negotiations
Itamar Rabinovich (Author)

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A major casualty of the assassin's bullet that struck down Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was a prospective peace accord between Syria and Israel. For the first time, a negotiator who had unique access to Rabin, as well as detailed knowledge of Syrian history and politics, tells the inside story of the failed negotiations. His account provides a key to understanding not only U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East but also the larger Arab-Israeli peace process.

During the period from 1992 to 1996, Itamar Rabinovich was Israel's ambassador to Washington, and the chief negotiator with Syria. In this book, he looks back at the course of negotiations, terms of which were known to a surprisingly small group of American, Israeli, and Syrian officials. After Benjamin Netanyahu's election as Israel's prime minister in May 1996, a controversy developed. Even with Netanyahu's change of policy and harder line toward Damascus, Syria began claiming that both Rabin and his successor Peres had pledged full withdrawal from the Golan Heights. Rabinovich takes the reader through the maze of diplomatic subtleties to explain the differences between hypothetical discussion and actual commitment.

"To the students of past history and contemporary politics," he writes, "nothing is more beguiling than the myriad threads that run across the invisible line which separates the two." The threads of this story include details of Rabin's negotiations and their impact through two subsequent Israeli administrations in less than a year, the American and Egyptian roles, and the ongoing debate between Syria and Israel on the factual and legal bases for resuming talks.

The author portrays all sides and participants with remarkable flair and empathy, as only a privileged player in the events could do. In any assessment of future negotiations in the Middle East, Itamar Rabinovich's book will prove indispensable.

• Rank: #93661 in eBooks
• Published on: 1998-06-30
• Released on: 1998-06-30
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

The Damascus Affair: 'Ritual Murder', Politics, and the Jews in 1840

The Damascus Affair: 'Ritual Murder', Politics, and the Jews in 1840
Jonathan Frankel (Author)
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In February of 1840, an Italian monk and his servant disappeared in Damascus. Many Jews in that city were charged with ritual murder and tortured until they confessed. The case turned into a cause célèbre across much of the Western world and produced an explosion of polemics, fantastic theories, and strange projects. This book, the first since 1840, assesses the affair as a factor in European and Jewish politics of the time, a chapter in Jewish history and historiography, and the stuff of radically conflicting myths that eventually led to the Holocaust and the establishment of the Israeli state.

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• Published on: 1997-01-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.86" h x 5.91" w x .94" l, 1.51 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 512 pages

Warfare in the Age of Napoleon-Volume 2: the Egyptian and Syrian Campaigns & the Wars of the Second and Third Coalitions, 1798-1805

Warfare in the Age of Napoleon-Volume 2: the Egyptian and Syrian Campaigns & the Wars of the Second and Third Coalitions, 1798-1805
Theodore A. Dodge (Author)

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The second volume of a major work on warfare in the Napoleonic age

The author of this substantial multi-volume history, Theodore A Dodge, was not only an historian of stature and note but also a soldier. He wrote several well regarded histories of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War and other works of military history. Perhaps his most outstanding achievement was a series of books, published under the umbrella title 'the Art of War,' focusing on different historical periods as typified by their most notable military commanders-including the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal and Caesar in the ancient world and the wars of the 17th and 18th century as fought by great captains including Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick and Marlborough. This volume is part of his in depth study of the Napoleonic period, which in its entirety was comprised of four huge volumes that benefited from the inclusion of almost 800 small scale uniform drawings, portraits of notable personalities and numerous theatre, campaign and battlefield maps. This retitled Leonaur edition has been revised to form volumes of approximately equal size reformatted to enable us to enlarge all the illustrations and maps for the benefit of the reader. This series is an excellent history of the campaigns and battles of the Napoleonic Age but it goes far beyond the historical record. Dodge critically examines the strategies and tactics of all the military commanders in such a clear and authoritative manner that the student of military history can clearly understand the errors of those about to suffer defeat and the expertise-or in the case of Napoleon Bonaparte, the military genius-of the victors. This is an invaluable guide to warfare in the age of Napoleon and is highly recommended.
This volume opens with a fascinating study of the French adventure in Egypt and Syria and is followed by the epic victory at Marengo against the Austrians and Moreau's campaign in Germany at the conclusion of the Revolutionary Wars; but the new Emperor of the First Empire was soon engaged upon the field of battle again, at Ulm where he delivered one of his most significant military victories.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

• Rank: #93658 in Books
• Published on: 2011-06-us.html
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.37" h x 5.42" w x .98" l, 1.39 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 392 pages

Freemasonry in the Ottoman Empire: A History of the Fraternity and its Influence in Syria and the Levant (Library of Ottoman Studies)

Freemasonry in the Ottoman Empire: A History of the Fraternity and its Influence in Syria and the Levant (Library of Ottoman Studies)
Dorothe Sommer (Author)

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The network of freemasons and Masonic lodges in the Middle East is an opaque and mysterious one, and is all too often seen – within the area – as a vanguard for Western purposes of regional domination. But here, Dorothe Sommer explains how freemasonry in Greater Syria at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century actually developed a life of its own, promoting local and regional identities. She stresses that during the rule of the Ottoman Empire, freemasonry was actually one of the first institutions in what is now Syria and Lebanon which overcame religious and sectarian divisions. Indeed, the lodges attracted more participants – such as the Trad Family, the Jurji Yanni Yaziji Family, Hassan Bayhum, Alexander Barroudi and Khaireddeen Abdulwahab – than any other society or fraternity.

Freemasonry in the Ottoman Empire analyses the social and cultural structures of the Masonic network of lodges and their interconnections at a pivotal juncture in the history of the Ottoman Empire, making it invaluable for researchers of the history of the Middle East.

• Published on: 2014-01-29
• Released on: 2014-01-29
• Original language: English
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• 320 pages

The Truth about Syria

The Truth about Syria
Barry Rubin (Author)
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American policymakers have wrestled with the Syria question for years, but it has gained particular urgency in light of the war between Hezbollah and Israel and the country's continued support for the Iraq insurgency. With its mix of competing religious and ethnic groups, radical ideologies, and ferocious political repression, the growing tension surrounding Syria presents an increasingly serious problem for the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy. Yet surprisingly, very little is known about this country and its role in shaping the destiny of the region. In this bold investigation, Middle East expert Barry Rubin looks at how the country has become the powderkeg of the Middle East and offers an insightful analysis of recent developments.

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• Published on: 2008-05-27
• Released on: 2008-05-27
• Original language: English
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• Dimensions: 8.70" h x 6.34" w x .83" l, .77 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Syria's Dark Past: The Islamic Uprising (1976-1982)

Syria's Dark Past: The Islamic Uprising (1976-1982)
Peter Banham (Author)

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Syria's history in the 20th and 21st century has been both dramatic and violent. In the late 1970's and 80's political struggles in the country burst into civil unrest and conflict. Massacres and atrocities were committed by both sides as Hafez al-Assad's government suppressed an Islamic uprising. This conflict lingered little in global memory but with Syria, once again, engulfed in conflict we find that the roots and history of the modern struggles lie in the events of 1976-1982

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• Published on: 2013-09-22
• Released on: 2013-09-22
• Format: Kindle eBook

Syria: Government Reports

Syria: Government Reports
LLC New World Publishers (Editor)

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This book is a collection of the latest U.S. Government information about Syria. Learn about Syrian news, culture, history, vital statistics, and current events, including use of chemical weapons. This book is full of primary resources that are useful for students, researchers, and those who just want to know more about Syria, its history, and current events.

This book includes:

* Syria Fact Sheet
* Syria: Country Specific Information
* A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations by Country, Since 1776: Syria
* CIA World Factbook: Syria
* Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012: Syria
* International Religious Freedom Report for 2012: Syria
* Syria Human Trafficking Report
* Syria Sanctions Program
* Press Releases About Syria

Links to original sources are provided at the beginning of each report.

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• Published on: 2013-09-16
• Released on: 2013-09-16
• Format: Kindle eBook

De Dea Syria (The Syrian Goddess)

De Dea Syria (The Syrian Goddess)
Lucian of Samosata (Author)

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To the student of oriental religions the Dea Syria is brimful of interest. It describes the cult and worship of the goddess of Northern Syria, Atargatis, at her sacred city, Hierapolis, now Mumbij. The time when Lucian wrote would be the middle of the second century B.C. We do not see any reason to reject the traditional authorship of the treatise: on the contrary, the work seems to reveal the famous satirist at home, taking a natural interest in local memories and institutions, while making, doubtless, mental notes that were to prove of use in the works for which he is best known. Of the many writers who refer to the Dea Syria, no one dwells upon the fundamental character of the cult at Hierapolis, nor deals with the problem of its historical origins. It is this aspect of inquiry, therefore, with which we chiefly deal in the Introduction and the foot notes. Lucian’s description, amplified by the later account of Macrobius, and further illustrated by the local coinage of Hierapolis, reveals the central cult as that of a divine pair. The male god, a form of Hadad, is symbolised by the bull, and is hence both "Lord of Heaven" and "Creator." The female deity is shown by her very name, "Atargatis," to be a form of Ishtar or Astarte. Being mated with the god, whom Lucian calls "Zeus," she is called by him "Hera": but she wears a mural crown, and is symbolised by the lion; and Lucian recognises in her traces of Kybele, Aphrodite, Artemis, and other aspects of the Mother Goddess. An examination of the materials which modern research has made available, shows this cult to be attributable historically to the Hittites, the earliest known masters of the soil. The argument is developed in our Introduction.

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• Published on: 2009-07-29
• Released on: 2013-05-02
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Demystifying Syria (SOAS Middle East Issues Series)

Demystifying Syria (SOAS Middle East Issues Series)
Fred H. Lawson (Author, Editor)
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Demystifying Syria offers an extraordinary insight into the shifting relations between the Ba‘th party and the armed forces, civil law, social structure, burgeoning private enterprise, internal political opposition, the European Union and its relation to Syria. This book goes beyond the headlines to offer a detailed portrait of the political, economic, social and diplomatic dynamics that shape this pivotal and fiercely independent Middle Eastern state.

Contributors include Bassem Haddad, Souhail Belhadj, Baudoin Dupret, Zouhair Ghazzal, Thomas Pierret, Salwa Ismail, Joshua Landis and Joe Pace.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    &

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• Published on: 2012-02-13
• Released on: 2012-02-13
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From the Oxus River to the Chinese Shores: Studies on East Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia (orientalia - patristica - oecumenica)

From the Oxus River to the Chinese Shores: Studies on East Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia (orientalia - patristica - oecumenica)
Li Tang (Editor), Dietmar W Winkler (Editor)

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Syriac Christianity spread along the Silk Road together with Aramaic culture and liturgy. Because of this, the staging posts of Christian merchants along the trade routes grew into missionary centers. Thus, the mission of the Church of the East stretched from Persia to Arabia and India, and from the Oxus River to the Chinese shores. This book contains a collection of studies on the Church of the East in its historical setting. It sheds new light on this subject from various perspectives and academic disciplines, providing fresh insights into the rich heritage of Syriac Christianity. (Series: orientalia - patristica - oecumenica - Vol. 5)

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• 480 pages

Divided Loyalties: Nationalism and Mass Politics in Syria at the Close of Empire

Divided Loyalties: Nationalism and Mass Politics in Syria at the Close of Empire
James L. Gelvin (Author)
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James L. Gelvin brings a new and distinctive perspective to the perennially fascinating topic of nationalism in the Arab Middle East. Unlike previous historians who have focused on the activities and ideas of a small group of elites, Gelvin details the role played by non-elites in nationalist politics during the early part of the twentieth century. Drawing from previously untapped sources, he documents the appearance of a new form of political organization—the popular committee—that sprang up in cities and villages throughout greater Syria in the immediate aftermath of the First World War. These committees empowered a new type of nationalist leadership, made nationalist politics a mass phenomenon for the first time, and articulated a view of nation and nationalism that continues to inform the politics of the region today.

Gelvin does more than recount an episode in the history of nationalism in the Arab Middle East. His examination of leaflets, graffiti, speeches, rumors, and editorials offers fresh insights into the symbolic construction of national communities. His analysis of ceremonies—national celebrations, demonstrations, theater—contributes to our understanding of the emergence of mass politics. By situating his study within a broader historical context, Gelvin has written a book that will be of interest to all who wish to understand nationalism in the region and beyond.

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• Published on: 1999-01-16
• Original language: English
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• Dimensions: 8.90" h x 5.63" w x .83" l, 1.09 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 353 pages