LEADER 04056oam 2200577I 450 001 9910959726603321 005 20251116195903.0 010 $a1-317-81853-9 010 $a1-315-81899-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315818993 035 $a(CKB)3710000000072621 035 $a(EBL)1573300 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001172944 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11672649 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001172944 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11216489 035 $a(PQKB)11661245 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1573300 035 $a(OCoLC)871453234 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000072621 100 $a20180706e20141987 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Ba'th and the creation of modern Syria /$fDavid Roberts 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (350 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge library editions. Syria ;$vvolume 1 300 $a"First published in 1987"--T.p. verso. 311 08$a1-138-98881-2 311 08$a0-415-73496-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Ambiguity; Paradox; Ideology; Notes; 2. The Birth of Ba'thist Ideology; 'Greater Syria'; The founders of the Ba'th; Notes; 3. The Alaouites; Racial and territorial characteristics; Religion and history; Notes; 4. Coups and Politics 1947-58; The Founding Conference; International relations; Arab policy; Internal policy; Haurani; Shishakli; Gamal 'Abd al-Nasser; Notes; 5. Union with Egypt 1958-61; The Military Committee 327 $aThe beginnings of disillusionNotes; 6. The Ba'th in Power; The coup of 8 March; The Sixth Pan-Arab Congress; Notes; 7. Ba'thist Doctrine; The Constitution; Summary; Fundamental principles; General principles; Internal policy; Foreign policy; Economic policy; Social policy; Education; Commentary; The Muntalaqat; Textual pre?cis; Introduction; Unity; Freedom; Socialism; Schematic analysis; Commentary; Notes; 8. The Structure of the Ba'th; The National Progressive Front; Note; 9. Internal Conflicts 1963-70; The old and the new Ba'thists; The Neo-Ba'th in power; Notes; 10. A Short Balance-Sheet 327 $aThe economyPolitical aspects; Notes; 11. Hafiz al-Asad - I; The early programme; The 1973 War; Notes; 12. Hafiz al-Asad - II; Intervention in Lebanon; The Camp David Agreement; Alliance with Shi'a Iran; Developments in Lebanon; Relations with the Soviet Union; The ruling hierarchy; Notes; 13. Conclusions; Social effects; Place in the Arab world; Notes; 14. The Future; The Ba'th in Syria; The Ba'th in the Arab world; Syria's future; Notes; Appendix A: Chronology of the Ba'th in Iraq; Appendix B: Special Preface to the Constitution of the Party; Appendix C: Syria-Iran 327 $aAppendix D: The Syrian Ba'th PartyReference List and Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis book traces the development of modern Syria focusing on the contribution of the Ba'th party and Ba'thist ideology. It examines the roots of the Ba'th in the intellectual ferment of the 1940s and charts its growing influence on Syrian politics. Special attention is devoted to the crucial Sixth Congress of the Ba'th Party in 1963 and the key ideological document, the Muntalaqat, produced by Michel Aflaq. After 1963 the military became increasingly dominant until Hafiz al-Asad came to power in 1970. Since then the Party has been less dominant internally but Syria itself has establi 410 0$aRoutledge Library Editions: Syria 607 $aSyria$xPolitics and government 676 $a324.25691083 676 $a324.25691083 700 $aRoberts$b David$f1924-1987,$01871834 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959726603321 996 $aThe Ba'th and the creation of modern Syria$94480792 997 $aUNINA