Demystifying Syria

by Fred H. Lawson (Editor), Bassam Haddad (Contributor), Souhail Belhadj (Contributor)

Demystifying Syria offers an extraordinary insight into the shifting relations between the Ba‘th party and the armed forces, civil law, social structure, burgeoning private enterprise, internal political opposition, the European Union and its relation to Syria. This book goes beyond the headlines to offer a detailed portrait of the political, economic, social and diplomatic dynamics that shape this pivotal and fiercely independent Middle Eastern state.

Contributors include Bassem Haddad, Souhail Belhadj, Baudoin Dupret, Zouhair Ghazzal, Thomas Pierret, Salwa Ismail, Joshua Landis and Joe Pace.

Genres: Politics, Middle East

357 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2009

Reviews

[Iris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unfortunately, I was not able to finish this before it was recalled to the library, but what I read was excellent.