01413nam a2200253 a 4500001001400000003000700014005001700021008004100038020002500079020002200104040000800126100002200134245011100156250001700267260003400284300003400318500002300352504006300375505057600438651002801014651004601042651004201088651002901130vtls000069220KUKTEM20251125095354.0130318t2011    enkb   g      001 0 eng d  a9781848857605 (pbk.)  a1848857608 (pbk.)  aUMP1 aDam, Nikolaos van14aThe struggle for power in Syria :bpolitics and society under Asad and the Ba'th Party /cNikolaos van Dam  aRev. 4th ed.  aLondon :bI. B. Tauris,c2011  axiii, 255 p. :bmap ;c22 cm.  aPrevious ed.: 1996  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-243) and index0 aIntroduction -- 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 0aSyriaxKings and rulers 0aSyriaxPolitics and governmenty1971-2000 0aSyriaxPolitics and governmenty2000- 0aSyriaxSocial conditions