Soviet Policy Towards Syria Since 1970

ISBN-13: 9781349114849 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 235 str.

Efraim Karsh

Opis

An examination of the nature of Soviet policy towards Syria during the last two decades, which seeks to assess Moscow's objectives and the means of achieving those objectives. The study argues that the overriding concern of Soviet policy is preservation of regional stability.

Spis treści

PART 1 The structure of Soviet-Syrian relations: Moscow and Damascus-a patron-client relationship?; Soviet-Syrian relations - the military dimension; the economics of Soviet policy towards Syria. Part 2 The evolution of Soviet policy towards Syria: the formative years, 1970-73; war and disengagement; Lebanon; towards a bilateral treaty; from crisis to war; the post-Brezhnev interregnum; Gorbachev and the Syrians. Appendices: the treaty of friendship and cooperation between the union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and the Syrian Arab Republic; the Soviet proposal for a Middle East peace settlement, 29 July 1984; Mikhail Gorbachev's dinner speech honouring Asad, 24 April 1987.