Table of Contents
Introduction / 11
I
Syria, Past And Present
Syria Under Islamic and Ottoman Rule / 17
Syria Under the French Mandate / 19
Syria, 1946-1958 / 23
The Union With Egypt / 25
The Syrian Arab Republic / 26
Syria Today / 29
The Two Nationalisms in Syria By Joseph Neyer / 32
II
Government And Ideology
Ba‘th Party and Ideology / 45
Political Parties / 49
Religion and State in Syria by A. R. Kelidar / 50
III
Economy And Population
Geography and Economy / 59
Population / 61
‘Alawites / 62
The Status of the Kurds in Syria by Omran Yahya Feili / 63
The Status of the Jews in Syria / 65
The Druze / 69
IV
Syrian-Arab Relations
The Euphrates Dam and Syrian-Iraqi Relations / 75
The Factors Behind the Syrian-Iraqi Dispute by Stephen Oren / 77
Syria and Jordan / 79
Syria and Lebanon: The Background by Elizabeth L. Conroy / 80
“Greater Syria”: Reviving an Old Concept by Daniel Dishon / 83
Lebanon, The Soviet Union and the Syrian-PLO-Jordanian Entente by Robert O. Freedman / 86
V
Syria And The Soviet Union
The History of Soviet Intervention in Syria by Yaakov Ro’i / 93
The Soviet-Syrian Military Aid Relationship by Roger F. Pajak / 96
Soviets Expand Weapons Aid to Syria by Drew Middleton / 104
The Transfer of Weapons to Syria / 107
The Syrian Army: Fighting Strength / 108
VI
Syria And Israel
1948-1967: The Period Between the Wars / 113
The Factors Behind the 1967 Crisis by Jacob Ascher / 120
The Period 1967-1973 / 123
Syria-Israel Relations After October, 1973 / 125
Military Significance of the Golan Plateau by Irving Heymont / 130
VII
Syria In The International Community
Syria at the United Nations / 135
Syria’s Relations With the United States by Elizabeth L. Conroy / 139
VIII
Syrian Views
On Israel / 147
On Jordan / 148
On Lebanon / 148
On Syria’s Role in the Arab World / 148
On the War of October, 1973 / 149
On Zionism / 150
IX
Syria: A Political Directory
Michel ‘Aflaq / 153
Assad, Hafez al / 153
Bitar, Salah-Ul-Din al / 153
Eastern Command / 154
Feisal I. (b. Hussein), King / 154
Hashemites, Greater Syria and the Fertile Crescent / 155
King-Crane Commission / 157
McMahon-Hussein Correspondence / 158
Palestine Liberation Army / 158
Sa’iqa, al- / 159
Sunni(te) Muslims / 159
Sykes-Picot Agreement / 160
X
Appendices
Maps
Syria Under Ottoman Rule / 163
Syria-Israel Armistice Lines, 1949 / 164
Syria-Israel Armistice Lines, 1967 / 165
Areas Designated in Agreement on Disengagement
Between Israeli and Syrian Forces, 31 May, 1974 / 166
Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic / 167
Text of Agreement on Disengagement Between Israeli
and Syrian Forces Signed 31 May, 1974 / 171
Concerning Amnesty International’s Report on Syrian
and Israeli POWs of the War of October, 1973 / 173
Interviews With Israeli POWs / 174
Text of Letters to the U.N. Secretary-General from
Syria and Israel Regarding Quneitra / 176
Excerpts from a Statement by the Pan-Arab Command of the
Ba‘th Arab Socialist Party On the Occasion of the Second
Anniversary of the War of October, 1973 / 181
Excerpts of a Speech by President Hafez al-Assad on the
Second Anniversary of the War of October, 1973 / 182
Sources and Additional Reading / 184
Index / 187
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