Why Syria Goes to War

by Fred H. Lawson

Rejecting conventional explanations for Syrian foreign policy, which emphasize the personalities and attitudes of leaders, cultural factors peculiar to Arab societies, or the machinations of the great powers, Fred H. Lawson describes key shifts in Damascus's response to regional adversaries in terms of changes in the intensity of political struggles at home. Periodic eruptions of domestic conflict have inspired Syria's ruling coalition to adopt...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801423732
• ISBN13: 9780801423734
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher