| The              Library of Congress>>Especially              for Researchers>>Research              Centers   Home >> Country             Studies >> SyriaFindinFederal Research                      Division PagesResearchers                      Web PagesAll Library of Congress PagesA Country Study: Syria**Library of Congress Call Number DS93                   .S953 1988**- Syria  ForewordAcknowledgments
- Preface  Country                       Profile - Visit new updated                       Profile(PDF)- Country  GeographySociety
- Economy  Transportation                           and CommunicationsGovernment                           and Politics
- National                           Security    Introduction- Chapter                       1 - Historical Setting  (Afaf Sabeh McGowan)                          - Ancient                           Syria   Muslim                           Empires - Umayyad                               Caliphate  Succeeding                               Caliphates and KingdomsOttoman                               Empire
- World                           War I and Arab Nationalism  The                           French MandateWorld                           War II and Independence
- After                           Independence     - Shishakli                               Dictatorship  Radical                               Political InfluenceUnited                               Arab Republic
- Coups                               and Countercoups, 1961-70  Neo-Baath                               Dominance, 1963-66The                               Baath Redirections of 1966 and 1970
- The                           Assad Era      - Chapter                       2 - The Society and Its Environment  (Robert Scott Mason)                            - Geography                           and Population        - Land,                               Water, and Climate  PopulationDensity,                               Distribution, and Settlement
- Vital                               Statistics   The                           People - Arabs  KurdsArmenians
- Others   Structure                           of Society- Towns  VillagesTribes
- The                           Individual, the Family, and the Sexes  Religious                           Life - Islam    - Sunnis  ShiaIsmailis
- Alawis  DruzesChristianity
- Other                               Minorities     - Jews  YazidisEducation
- Health      - Chapter                       3 - The Economy  (Rhonda E. Boris)                            - Growth                           and Structure of the Economy  Labor                           force Role                           of Government
Budget
- Revenues  ExpendituresDevelopment                               Planning
- Agriculture    - Water                               Resources  Land                               UseLand                               Reform
- Role                               of Government in Agriculture  Cropping                               and ProductionAnimal                               Products
- Agricultural                               Potential   Industry- Energy                               and Natural Resources  Electric                               PowerIndustrial                               Development Policy
- Foreign                           Trade     - Imports  ExportsBalance                           of Payments
- Banking                           and Monetary Policy  Transportation,                           Telecommunications, and ConstructionPeriod                           of Economic Retrenchment, 1986-90
Chapter                       4 - Government and Politics
 (Robert Scott Mason)                       
Constitutional                           Framework 
- Government    - The                               President and the Cabinet  The                               People's CouncilThe                               Judiciary
- Local                               Administration   Political                           Dynamics - Background  The                               Baath Party ApparatusThe                               Syrian Communist Party
- The                               Power Elite  Post-1982                               Political DevelopmentsPolitical                           Orientations 
Attitudes                               Toward Politics, Political Parties, and Government
- Concepts                               of Nationalism, Unity, and the Arab Nation  Attitudes                               Toward Foreign Ideologies and SystemsForeign                           Policy 
Regional                               Foreign Relations
Israel
- Lebanon  JordanThe                                   Palestinians
- Iran                                   and Iraq   Syrian-United                               States RelationsSyrian-Soviet                               Relations
Chapter                       5 - National Security
 (Joshua Sinai)                       
National                           Security Doctrine and Concerns
- Syria                           and the Middle East Conflict    - Historical                               Background  Development                               of the Syrian MilitarySyrian-Israeli                               Hostility
- Syria                               and the Lebanese Crisis, 1975-87  Syrian-Iraqi                               HostilitySyrian-Palestinian                               Tensions
- Syrian-Jordanian                               Tensions  Syrian-Turkish                               TensionsAnti-Regime                           Opposition Movements
Ideologically                               Based Opposition Movements
- Ethnic                               and Religious Opposition Movements   The                           Regular Armed Forces- Size,                               Equipment, Command Structure and Organization    - Army  NavyAir                                   Force
- Manpower,                               Recruitment, and Conscription  Military                               TrainingConditions                               of Service, Morale, and Military Justice
- Uniforms                               and Rank Insignia  Foreign                               Influences in the Development of the Armed ForcesSpecial                               and Irregular Armed Forces
Defense                                   Companies (Saraya ad Difa)
- Republican                                   Guard  As                                   SaiqaSponsorship                           of Terrorism
- The                           Armed Forces and Society  Civil                           Police and Internal Security ApparatusCrime                           and Punishment
Appendix. Tables
- Bibliography  Glossary
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