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Such Men as Theseby David Sears
Da Capo Press 2010; US$ 25.00The gripping exploits of United States Navy combat pilots during the Korean Warheroes who inspired James Micheners classic, The Bridges at Toko-Ri more...
Syria and Iranby Anoushiravan Ehteshami; Raymond A. Hinnebusch
Routledge 1997; US$ 183.00The experienced authors provide an innovative study of Iranian and Syrian foreign policy, showing how the policies can be understood through the `realist' and `rational actor' frameworks. more...
Syriaby Raymond Hinnesbusch
RoutledgeCurzon 2001; US$ 52.95This study examines the development of the Syrian state under 35 years of military-Ba'thist rule, particularly under President Hafiz al-Asad. It analyses how the Ba'th's 'revolution from above' transformed Syria's socio-political terrain. more...
Greater Syriaby Daniel Pipes
Oxford University Press 1992; US$ 50.00While for many years scholars and journalists have focused on the more obvious manifestations of political life in the Middle East, one major theme has been consistently neglected. This is Pan-Syrian nationalism--the dream of creating a Greater Syria out of an area now governed by Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and Turkey. Though not nearly as well known as Arab or Palestinian nationalism and hardly studied in depth, Pan-Syrianism has had a profound effect on Middle Eastern politics since the end of World War I. In Greater Syria, the noted Middle East scholar Daniel Pipes provides the first comprehensive account of this intriguing, important, and little understood ideology. more...
Democracy's Ancient Ancestorsby Daniel E. Fleming
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 87.00Examines the politics of the ancient Near East through archives of over 3000 letters found in the royal palace of Mari. These letters, encompassing major kingdoms, smaller states and tribal towns, similar to pre-democratic Greece, justify recognizing a continuity between the classical Aegean world and the older Near East. more...
Inheriting Syriaby Flynt Leverett
Brookings Institution Press 2005; US$ 29.95"A detailed analytic portrait of Syria under the Asad dynasty, offering a new strategy for achieving American foreign policy and security objectives in the Middle East, largely independent of the Arab-Israeli peace process"--Provided by publisher. more...
Early Urbanism on the Syrian Euphratesby Lisa Cooper
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 143.00Studying archaeological evidence from sites, covering over 200 kilometres of the banks of the Euphrates River, this title explores the growth and development of human settlement in these sites, during the Early and Middle Bronze Ages from circa 2700 to 1550 BC. It is suitable for students of archaeology and ancient history. more...
The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africaby Getzel M. Cohen
University of California Press 2006; US$ 15.95This authoritative and sweeping compendium, the second volume in Getzel Cohen's organized survey of the Greek settlements founded or refounded in the Hellenistic period, provides historical narratives, detailed references, citations, and commentaries on all the settlements in Syria, The Red Sea Basin, and North Africa from 331 to 31 BCE. Organized geographically, the volume pulls together discoveries and debates from dozens of widely scattered archaeological and epigraphic projects. Cohen's magisterial breadth of focus enables him to provide more than a compilation of information; the volume also contributes to ongoing questions and will point the way toward new avenues of inquiry. more...
A Journey to Palmyraby Eleonora Cussini
BRILL 2005; US$ 179.00A Journey to Palmyra originates from the desire to remember Delbert R. Hillers, who greatly contributed with his work to Palmyrene studies. However, it is not meant just as a memorial volume, but as a research tool. It contains thirteen papers by scholars in the field of Palmyrene studies and Semitics focusing on different aspects of Palmyrene history, social history, art, archaeology and philology, with publication of newly discovered inscriptions. more...
The Making of a Syrian Identityby Fruma Zachs
BRILL 2005; US$ 141.00The book takes a close look at the origins and development of the Syrian identity, during the 18th and 19th centuries, through the role of Christian Arab intellectuals and merchants, Ottomans and American missionaries. It examines its background, stages of evolution, and components. more...