Struggle for Power in Syria
Subtitle: Politics and Society under Asad and the Ba'th Party
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781848857605
Subjects: Assad, hafez, 1930-2000; Syria, politics and government; Asia, social conditions
Description: <">In the midst of turmoil in the Middle East, and in the face of protests and demonstrations from Homs to Damascus and other places all over Syria, the Ba'th Party and Bashar al-Asad are truly caught up in a struggle to hold onto power in Syria. In this important book, Nikolaos van Dam explores and explains how the Asad dynasty has come to rule Syria for about half a century and keep the complex patchwork of minorities, factions and opponents securely under control for such an unprecedented long period. Through an in-depth examination of the role of sectarian, regional and tribal loyalties, van Dam traces developments within the Ba'th party and the military and civilian power elite from the 1963 Ba'thist takeover up to the present day.<">--Bloomsbury Publishing.