Syria, the United States, and the war on terror in the Middle East
By: Robert G. Rabil ; foreword by Walid Phares.
Publisher: Praeger Security International
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: War on Terrorism, 2001-; United States -- Foreign relations -- Syria; Syria -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cradle of arab nationalism: the fatherland, the Ba'th and modern Syria under Asad; title: The emergence of Arab nationalism and the concept of greater Syria; title: Syria: the hub of nationalist development; title: The Ba'th party and Syrian leadership; title: The state under Asad; title: The beginning of US-Syrian relations: between the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Cold War; title: Recognition and neutrality (1944-1953); title: The "new look" and Baghdad Pact; title: The Soviet insertion in the Middle East; title: The Eisenhower doctrine and the Middle East; title: A try at evenhandedness; title: Turning points (1967-1979); title: Kissinger's realpolitik; title: A foretaste of Middle Eat diplomacy: the May 1974 dsengagement agreement; title: A new beginning?; title: The emergence of US-Syrian ambivalent relationship; title: The implications of fighting evil for the Middle East; title: The brink of war; title: The irony of fighting terrorism; title: The emergence of Hizbollah; title: Support for Israel; title: Rewarding Syria; title: The fulcrum of elusive peace; title: The Bush years: priorities reordered; title: Breaking the ice: the Madrid peace conference; title: The Clinton years: cooperation versus limits; title: Toward the brink of peace; title: The last encounter; title: A new regional order?; title: The unholy relationship; title: Shebaa Farms: the powder keg of the Middle East; title: Transfer of power; title: A new American outlook; title: Put on notice; title: A de facto member of the "axis of evil"; title: A new cold war?; title: Punishing Syria; title: Wishful versus realpolitik thinking; title: Domestic considerations: reform and the Kurdish question; title: Dynamics of confrontation; title: Digging in; title: Toward the brink?; title: The new struggle for Lebanon: democracy and Syria's withdrawal; title: Pressuring Syria: Washington and the Lebanese-American lobby; title: Breaking the last straw: Hariri's assassination; title: The swift collapse of the Syrian order in Lebanon; title: Lebanon: the new republic; title: The dynamics of the Lebanon-Syria-US triangular relationship; title: Syria post-withdrawal: reform or dictatorship?; title: Closing ranks: reform versus clan control; title: Changing guards: from "old" to "new" hardliners; title: Conclusion; title: Selected bibliography.