A study of US-Syria relations, this book analyzes the legacy of mistrust between the two states and continuities and discontinuities over time. It challenges the purely realist and power-political explanation that is dominant and points to a politically embedded set of ideas rooted in anti-colonial Arab nationalist ideology.
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Syria the United States US Middle East International Relations Foreign Policy Arab nationalism Ideology Arab-Israeli Conflict The Cold War Gulf War International Politics Diplomacy Hafez Asad Ba'th cold war conflict Israel Policy revolution
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1057/9781137358356
Copyright InformationPalgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2014