Ba'th Versus Ba'th: The Conflict Between Syria and Iraq, 1968-1989 (Society and Culture in the Modern Middle East) [Hardcover]

Eberhard Kienle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 1991 | ISBN-10: 1850431922 | ISBN-13: 978-1850431923

Ba'th Versus Ba'th: The Conflict Between Syria and Iraq, 1968-1989 covers the twenty year period, when the two nations were dominated by the Ba'th political party.

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From Library Journal

A faculty member at London University's School of Oriental and African Studies masterfully tackles the daunting challenge of deciphering Syrian-Iraqui ties during the past 20 years, when the two nations were dominated by the Ba'th political party, which assumed it was possible to be loyal to both. On the contrary, as Kienle shows, the Syrian and Iraqi Ba'thi regimes sought to destabilize each other as part of their competition to control the Arab world. Both Damascus and Baghdad--territorial rather than nation states--sought legitimization from outside forces, but economic cooperation with the West benefited only corrupt government officials. The results, says the author, were shaky allegiances and inter-Ba'th tensions. It was not surprising, therefore, that Syria sided against Saddam Hussein's regime in the aftermath of the latter's August 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Essential for the serious student of contemporary Arab affairs.
- Joseph A. Kechichian, La Canada, Cal.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris (February 15, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1850431922
• ISBN-13: 978-1850431923
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,534,994 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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