8vo. xii, 228 pp., 1 map, 9 tables, publisher’s original wrappers, appendices, notes, biblio., index, copy in mint condition, I. B. Tauris, London, 1996.

Synopsis

The book is a classic study of politics and society in modern Syria. Explaining the factors that have enabled the regime of Hafiz al-Asad to stay in power much longer than any other since independence. [Back cover].