Demystifying Syria

by Fred H. Lawson (Editor)

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: Salwa Ismail, Bassam Haddad, Zohair Ghazzal, Baudouin Dupret, Souhail Belhadj, Thomas Pierret, Myriam Ababsa, Julie Gauthier, Joe Pace, Joshua Landis, Anja Zorob, Bassel F. Salloukh, Fred H. Lawson


Fred H. Lawson is Rice Professor of Government at Mills College, where he teaches international relations and Middle East politics. He first visited Syria in 1979, and later spent a year at the University of Aleppo, Syria as a Fulbright lecturer in International Relations. He is the author of Constructing International Relations in the Arab World (Stanford University Press) and Why Syria Goes to War (Cornell University Press).

Genres: Middle East, Politics

224 pages, Paperback

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.