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Betrayal of the homeland : disloyal subjects in wartime Syria / Samer Abboud.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abboud, Samer, author.
- Series:
- Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics
- Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Assad, Bashar, 1965-.
- National characteristics, Syrian.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Local Subjects:
- Assad, Bashar, 1965-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- Samer Abboud argues that the Syrian regime sought to entrench its rule during wartime through bifurcating society into "loyal" and "disloyal" subjects--and punishing those it deemed treacherous.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Astana Process and regional context of conflict management
- The spectral terrorist as state enemy
- The reconciliation process: transforming enemies into friends
- Settling friends, unsettling enemies: the settlement process and civilian subjectivity
- Absence as disloyalty
- The regime falls: managing Syria's transition
- Conclusion: Authoritarian conflict management and its legacies.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 0-231-56586-0
- OCLC:
- 1574808824
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