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Book Synopsis
Explains the kaleidoscopic nature of Middle Eastern diplomacy.

Table of Contents
Preface

PART ONE: THE REVOLUTIONARY
1 Coming Down the Mountain
2 The French Legacy
3 Party School and Army College
4 The Peasants' Revolt
5 The Cairo Conspiracy
6 Capturing the State
7 Capturing the Party
8 Blindly to the Brink
9 The Six Day Walkover
10 The Fight to the Top
11 The Black September Fiasco

PART TWO: THE LEADER
12 Asad's State
13 Sadat, the Unsound Ally
14 The October Illusion
15 Duel with Henry Kissinger
16 1975: The Year Things Fell Apart
17 The Lebanese Trap
18 Jimmy Carter's False Dawn
19 The Enemy Within
20 Standing Alone
21 Ally of the Ayatollah
22 Battle with Menachem Begin
23 The Defeat of George Shultz
24 The Brothers' War (revised 1995)
25 Forging a Nation
26 Dirty Tricks
27 Conclusions: the Balance Sheet

Notes
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Index

Asad of Syria The Struggle for the Middle East

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 08/02/1989
      ISBN13: 9780520069763, 978-0520069763
      ISBN10: 0520069765
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      Biography: historical, political and military

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explains the kaleidoscopic nature of Middle Eastern diplomacy.

      Table of Contents
      Preface

      PART ONE: THE REVOLUTIONARY
      1 Coming Down the Mountain
      2 The French Legacy
      3 Party School and Army College
      4 The Peasants' Revolt
      5 The Cairo Conspiracy
      6 Capturing the State
      7 Capturing the Party
      8 Blindly to the Brink
      9 The Six Day Walkover
      10 The Fight to the Top
      11 The Black September Fiasco

      PART TWO: THE LEADER
      12 Asad's State
      13 Sadat, the Unsound Ally
      14 The October Illusion
      15 Duel with Henry Kissinger
      16 1975: The Year Things Fell Apart
      17 The Lebanese Trap
      18 Jimmy Carter's False Dawn
      19 The Enemy Within
      20 Standing Alone
      21 Ally of the Ayatollah
      22 Battle with Menachem Begin
      23 The Defeat of George Shultz
      24 The Brothers' War (revised 1995)
      25 Forging a Nation
      26 Dirty Tricks
      27 Conclusions: the Balance Sheet

      Notes
      Select Bibliography
      Index

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