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Syria - sērˈēə, officially Syrian Arab Republic, republic (1995 est. pop. 15,452,000), 71,467 sq mi (185,100 sq km), W Asia. It borders on Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea in the west, on Turkey in the northwest and north, on Iraq in the east and south, and on Jordan and Israel in the southwest. Damascus is the country's capital and its largest city.

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    Syria: Society, Culture, and Polity » Read Now

    by Richard T. Antoun, Donald Quataert. 172 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...Turkish strength and not simply Syrian history seem relevant in understanding...ideology. BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF SYRIAN HISTORY 1516 Ottoman...sustenance. Rather, for much of...
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    Syria: A Short History: Being a Condensation of the Author's 'History of Syria: Including Lebanon and Palestine' (1959) » Read Now

    by Philip K. Hitti. 271 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...participate in the general history of Syria as a whole. The ruling feature of Syrian topography is an alternation...huge mass, so in the history of Syria and the Syrians...
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    Syria: Revolution from Above » Read Now

    by Raymond Hinnebusch. 186 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This study examines the development of the Syrian state as it has emerged under thirty-five years of military-Ba'thist rule and, particularly, under President Hafiz al-Asad. It analyzes the way in which the fragility of the post-independence state, unable to contain rising nationalist struggle and...
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    Syria and Iran: Middle Powers in a Penetrated Regional System » Read Now

    by Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Raymond A. Hinnebusch. 238 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    It has been the dominant view that both Syria in the 1980s and Iran today have acted as rogue states in the Middle East threatening to upset the stability of the region. In this innovative new study, Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Raymond Hinnebusch show that these two countries have in fact acted in a...
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    Embattled Neighbors: Syria, Israel, and Lebanon » Read Now

    by Robert G. Rabil. 307 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Charting the course between Israel, Syria, and Lebanon's relationship since 1948, this book successfully integrates the domestic and international dynamics of the key players.
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    Authoritarianism in Syria: Institutions and Social Conflict, 1946-1970 » Read Now

    by Steven Heydemann. 230 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    For almost forty years Syria has been ruled by a populist authoritarian regime under the Ba'th Party, led since 1970 by President Hafiz al-Asad. The durability and resilience of this regime is a striking contrast to the instability and intense social conflict that preceded the Ba'th's seizure of...
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    The Brink of Peace: The Israeli-Syrian Negotiations » Read Now

    by Itamar Rabinovich. 283 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    "The Brink of Peace is essential reading for anyone wanting to grasp the realities of the Israeli-Syrian negotiations that were the focus of U.S. Middle Eastern policy during President Clinton's first term. A brilliant diplomat with a broad knowledge of Syrian diplomatic history, former Israeli...
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    Syria and Israel: From War to Peacemaking » Read Now

    by Moshe Ma'oz. 286 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This is the first book to deal with the most crucial case of war and peace in the Middle East. Moshe Ma'oz examines the history of relations between Israel and Syria throughout the Middle Eastern conflict. Drawing upon a variety of original sources, the author discusses still little-known episodes...
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    The Superpowers and the Syrian-Israeli Conflict: Beyond Crisis Management? » Read Now

    by Helena Cobban. 186 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    "The Middle Eastern problem is suffused with emotion and ignorance. It is both good and important to have Cobban's perceptive and cool dissection of a truly complex issue." Zbigniew Brezezinski Counselor, Center for Strategic and International Studies Former National Security Adviser "Middle East...
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    Land Reform and Development in the Middle East: A Study of Egypt, Syria, and Iraq » Read Now

    by Doreen Warriner. 200 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...requirements are enormous. Technical methods are as old as history and as new as science can make them. New pumps are being installed...Nationalization of the land is...
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    Authoritarian Power and State Formation in Ba'thist Syria: Army, Party, and Peasant » Read Now

    by Raymond A. Hinnebusch. 352 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...marked a major watershed in modern Syrian history: the collapse of the "old regime...were a product of Syrias long history as a fragmented society split...The Historical...
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    Syria and Lebanon under French Mandate » Read Now

    by Stephen Hemsley Longrigg. 406 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...ancient and modern history, designated varying...state including all Syrian and no other territory...from the dawn of history until the conquest...our era has the Syrian...
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    Colonial Citizens: Republican Rights, Paternal Privilege, and Gender in French Syria and Lebanon » Read Now

    by Elizabeth Thompson, Leila Fawaz. 396 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    French rule in Syria and Lebanon coincided with the rise of colonial resistance around the world and with profound social trauma after World War I. In this tightly argued study, Elizabeth Thompson shows how Syrians and Lebanese mobilized, like other colonized peoples, to claim the terms of...
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    Syria and the United States: Eisenhower's Cold War in the Middle East » Read Now

    by David W. Lesch. 242 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...knowledge, we are better able to assess the actions of the Syrians and the very real and legitimate concerns they had for their...Junction, 1983 ; William Blum, The CIA: A...
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    The Communist Movement in Syria and Lebanon » Read Now

    by Tareq Y. Ismael, Jacqueline S. Ismael. 286 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This is the first comprehensive work in any language to examine the development and growth of the communist movement in Syria and Lebanon. Drawing on party documents and literature, as well as interviews with key players conducted over a 25-year period, the authors examine the movement's evolution...

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