The Ba'th and the creation of modern Syria / David Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, David, 1924-1987, author.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: Syria

Routledge library editions. Syria ; volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ḥizb al-Baʻth al-ʻArabī al-Ishtirākī (Syria)--History.

Ḥizb al-Baʻth al-ʻArabī al-Ishtirākī (Syria).

Syria--Politics and government.

Syria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Michel Aflaq. After 1963 the military became increasingly dominant until Hafiz al-Asad came to power in 1970. Since then the Party has been less dominant internally but Syria itself has establi

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Ambiguity; Paradox; Ideology; Notes; 2. The Birth of Ba'thist Ideology; 'Greater Syria'; The founders of the Ba'th; Notes; 3. The Alaouites; Racial and territorial characteristics; Religion and history; Notes; 4. Coups and Politics 1947-58; The Founding Conference; International relations; Arab policy; Internal policy; Haurani; Shishakli; Gamal 'Abd al-Nasser; Notes; 5. Union with Egypt 1958-61; The Military Committee

The beginnings of disillusionNotes; 6. The Ba'th in Power; The coup of 8 March; The Sixth Pan-Arab Congress; Notes; 7. Ba'thist Doctrine; The Constitution; Summary; Fundamental principles; General principles; Internal policy; Foreign policy; Economic policy; Social policy; Education; Commentary; The Muntalaqat; Textual précis; Introduction; Unity; Freedom; Socialism; Schematic analysis; Commentary; Notes; 8. The Structure of the Ba'th; The National Progressive Front; Note; 9. Internal Conflicts 1963-70; The old and the new Ba'thists; The Neo-Ba'th in power; Notes; 10. A Short Balance-Sheet

The economyPolitical aspects; Notes; 11. Hafiz al-Asad - I; The early programme; The 1973 War; Notes; 12. Hafiz al-Asad - II; Intervention in Lebanon; The Camp David Agreement; Alliance with Shi'a Iran; Developments in Lebanon; Relations with the Soviet Union; The ruling hierarchy; Notes; 13. Conclusions; Social effects; Place in the Arab world; Notes; 14. The Future; The Ba'th in Syria; The Ba'th in the Arab world; Syria's future; Notes; 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 PartyReference List and Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"First published in 1987"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 12, 2013).

ISBN:

1-317-81853-9

1-315-81899-X

9781315818993

OCLC:

871453234