02804nam 2200649 a 450 991045285900332120200520144314.00-8179-1506-0(CKB)2550000000105264(EBL)1370701(SSID)ssj0000739458(PQKBManifestationID)11445503(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000739458(PQKBWorkID)10688817(PQKB)11513855(MiAaPQ)EBC3301828(MiAaPQ)EBC1370701(Au-PeEL)EBL3301828(CaPaEBR)ebr10580563(CaONFJC)MIL551687(OCoLC)808344426(Au-PeEL)EBL1370701(OCoLC)876507724(EXLCZ)99255000000010526420120612d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Syrian rebellion[electronic resource] /Fouad AjamiStanford, Calif. Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University20121 online resource (261 p.)Hoover Institution Press publication ;no. 624"Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order"--Title page verso.0-8179-1504-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue : the inheritor -- Come the mountain people -- The time of the founder -- False dawn -- The boys of Deraa -- The phantoms of Hama -- The truth of the sects -- Sarajevo on the Orontes -- The stalemate -- Dreaming of home : a note on the exiles -- Fragments of a past mourned and dreaded.Fouad Ajami offers a detailed historical perspective on the current rebellion in Syria. Focusing on the similarities and differences in skills between former dictator Hafez al-Assad and his successor son, Bashar, Ajami explains how an irresistible force clashed with an immovable object: the regime versus people who conquered fear to challenge a despot of unspeakable cruelty.Hoover Institution Press publication ;624.Political violenceSyriaHistory21st centuryProtest movementsSyriaHistory21st centurySyriaHistoryProtests, 2011-SyriaPolitics and government2000-Electronic books.Political violenceHistoryProtest movementsHistory956.9104/2Ajami Fouad658190Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452859003321The Syrian rebellion2453305UNINA