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Inheriting Syria : Bashar's trial by fire / Flynt Leverett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leverett, Flynt Lawrence.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geopolitics--Syria.
- Geopolitics.
- Syria--Politics and government--2000-.
- Syria.
- United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
- United States.
- Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.
- Middle East.
- Assad, Bashar, 1965-.
- Assad, Bashar.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "A detailed analytic portrait of Syria under the Asad dynasty, offering a new strategy for achieving American foreign policy and security objectives in the Middle East, largely independent of the Arab-Israeli peace process"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Syrian paradox
- Hafiz's legacy, Bashar's inheritance
- Bashar and the possibilities of domestic reform
- Bashar and Syria's place in the regional order
- Options and recommendations for U.S. policy
- Appendixes
- Chronology of Bashar al-Asad's presidency, 2000-04
- The statement of 99 and the statement of 1,000
- UN Security Council resolution 1559.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-275) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610812776
- 9781280812774
- 128081277X
- 9780815705260
- 0815705263
- 9780815752066
- 0815752067
- OCLC:
- 475992819
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