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Lebanon

The Challenge of Independence

By: Eyal Zisser

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Lebanon

The Challenge of Independence

By: Eyal Zisser

The first decade of independence (1943-1952) was crucial to the political history of Lebanon, following the creation of the state in 1920 and the subsequent years of French tutelage. This period is defined by the presidency of Bishara al-Khuri, the first elected president, a founding father who played a vital part in forming the distinctive character of the Lebanese state and in Lebanon's later history, both rich and successful and troubled and tragic. During this period the old order in Lebanon, shaped over centuries, clashed with a 'new order', transforming Lebanese politics and society. Khuri's task was to protect Lebanon's fragile independence and to try to ensure political stability among warring factions – strife which in 1975 erupted in civil war causing immense disruption and suffering in Lebanon and with deep and widespread national and international effect. This study draws on a wide range of primary and secondary sources including official state papers and private collections from Britain, France, the USA, Lebanon and Israel. _Contents_: Introduction: The Birth of the Lebanese State; First Steps Along a New Road; The 1943 Elections; The National Pact; The November 1943 Crisis; Between East and West – Lebanon on the International and Regional Scene; Domestic Challenges – 1943–1947; At the Peak of Power; The 1948 War in Palestine; The Syrian Lebanese Crisis; The Confrontation with the PPS (1947–1949); Khuri and Sulh: a Parting of the Ways; Rift with the West; The Overthrow

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857714295

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9780857714299

Commanding Syria

Bashar al-Asad and the First Years in Power

By: Eyal Zisser

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Commanding Syria

Bashar al-Asad and the First Years in Power

By: Eyal Zisser

When Basher al-Asad became President of Syria in June 2000, he had a tough act to follow. A quiet, unassuming opthalmologist, trained in Britain, young Asad was successor to his dynamic, wily father Hafiz, who had consolidated power in his ethnically diverse and politically restive state through personal charisma, brute force and political balancing acts. Now, some years after Basher's succession and with mounting international pressure for political and economical reform, his handling of the issues facing Syria raises serious questions for the future stability of the Middle East. This is the first major work on Basher al-Asad. It assesses the durability of Hafiz's legacy, including the influence of the old power-brokers, the effectiveness of Basher's attempts to move away from his father's shadow, and prospects for reform. Above all, it evaluates Basher's continuing hold on power following Syria's humiliating retreat from Lebanon in Spring 2005.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857711512

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9780857711519

Asad's Legacy

Syria in Transition

By: Eyal Ziser

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Asad's Legacy

Syria in Transition

By: Eyal Ziser

Hafez al-Asad (d. 2000) ruled Syria for 30 of its 55-year history as a modern state. Zisser (Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African studies, Tel Aviv U.) offers a balanced view of Asad's role in elevating Syria to a stable, major Middle East player but with a legacy of authoritarianism and struggles over succession. Includes maps of Syria's frontier with Israel and Lebanon. c. Book News Inc.

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NYU Press

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0814796974

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9780814796979

The Disenchantment of the Orient

Expertise in Arab Affairs and the Israeli State

By: Gil Eyal

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The Disenchantment of the Orient

Expertise in Arab Affairs and the Israeli State

By: Gil Eyal

A historical narrative of how Israeli expertise in Arab affairs has contributed to the creation of cultural separatism between Jews and Arabs, a separatism that exacerbates the conflict between the two peoples.

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Stanford University Press

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0804754039

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9780804754033

Asad's Legacy

Syria in Transition

By: Eyal Ziser

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Syria in Transition

By: Eyal Ziser

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Commanding Syria

Bashar al-Asad and the First Years in Power

By: Eyal Zisser

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Bashar al-Asad and the First Years in Power

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Syria

Domestic Political Stress and Globalization

By: Eyal Zisser,Paul Rivlin

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Syria

Domestic Political Stress and Globalization

By: Eyal Zisser,Paul Rivlin

This document combines two essays with contemporary Syria. The first, by Eyal Zisser, is an overview of the complex domestic political and economic challenges facing the Hafiz al-Asad regime in Syria today that pose a threat to the regime's stability, and possibly to its very existence. The second essay, by Paul Rivlin, is a more detailed survey and analysis of the Syrian economy in the 1990s. It considers some of the key issues facing the economy: population growth, problems in the labor market, the fiscal balance, the balance of payments, foreign debt and structural questions relating to manufacturing, oil, agriculture, water and electricity.

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