Syria: Revolution from Above

By Raymond A. Hinnebusch and Hinnesbusch Ray

Book Overview

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 class conflict, opened the way to the Ba'th party's rise to power and examines how the Ba'th's 'revolution from above' transformed Syria's socio-political terrain.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415285682
• ISBN13: 9780415285681
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.4"