Beyond Syria's borders : a history of territorial disputes in the Middle East / by Emma Lundgren Jörum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lundgren Jörum, Emma, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Syria--Foreign relations--Israel.

Syria.

Syria--Foreign relations--Lebanon.

Syria--Foreign relations--Turkey.

Middle East--Boundaries.

Middle East.

Syria--Boundaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<">Lebanon, together with the province of Hatay in Turkey (containing Antakya) and the Golan Heights were all part of French mandate Syria, but are now all outside the boundaries of the modern Syrian state. The policies and reactions of Syria both to the loss of these territories and to the states that have either absorbed, annexed or emerged from them (Lebanon, Turkey and Israel) are the focus of Emma Jorum's book. Jorum uses the differences in policy and discourse when it comes to each of these three cases to highlight the nature of territorial dispute in the region, and the processes of state-building and nationalism more generally. Through the examination of Syria's policies concerning these lost territories, Jorum plots and analyses Syrian-Turkish, Syrian-Lebanese and Syrian-Israeli relations, explaining why some losses have been pushed to one side and others remain at the forefront in Syria's international relations and diplomacy efforts.<">--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

List of Maps

Introduction

The consolidation of the territorial state and the political development of the Syrian Arab Republic

We are not strangers here: Syrian policy towards Lebanon

From forgotten to stolen territory: Syrian policies towards Hatay

The Golan Heights: From the Arab to the Syrian Cause

Conclusions

Notes References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780755611492

0755611497

9780857725127

0857725122

9780857737809

0857737805

OCLC:

1118388232