Dam, Nikolaos van <br/><br/>
The struggle for power in Syria :  politics and society under Asad and the Ba'th Party / 
Nikolaos van Dam 
 - Rev. 4th ed. 
 - London :  I. B. Tauris,  2011 
 - xiii, 255 p. :  map ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: 1996 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-243) and index 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- The rise of minorities in the Syrian armed forces and in the Ba'th Party -- Sectarian polarisation in the Syrian armed forces between Sunnis and religious minorities -- The purge of Druze officers in the Syrian armed forces -- The struggle for power within the Alawi community -- Sectarian and regional factionalism in the Syrian politica elite : a statistical analysis -- Sectarian provocation and confrontation -- Sectarian showdown : eradication of the Muslim Brotherhood -- The power elite under Hafiz al-Asad -- Conclusions -- Syrian Ba'thist memoirs 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781848857605 (pbk.) 1848857608 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Syria--Kings and rulers<br/>Syria--Politics and government--1971-2000<br/>Syria--Politics and government--2000-<br/>Syria--Social conditions