The Role of Ideology in Syrian-US Relations: Conflict and Cooperation

ISBN-13: 9781137358349 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 238 str.

J. K. Gani

Opis

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.

Spis treści

PART I: THE EMERGENCE OF US-SYRIAN RELATIONS: FROM TRUMAN TO KENNEDY 1. The Rise of the US and the Roots of Syrian Mistrust 2. Independence, Coups and Revolution PART II: SYRIA'S ISOLATION AND THE BIRTH OF THE US-ISRAELI SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP 3. The 1967 Arab-Israeli War 4. Syria's post-war position and policy towards the US PART III: US-SYRIAN ENGAGEMENT: DISENGAGEMENT TALKS 1973 – 75 5. Initiating Peace Talks 6. From Compromise to Breakdown PART IV: US-SYRIAN COOPERATION IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA 7. The Gulf War and Search for Comprehensive Peace 8. Failure of the Madrid Process

O autorze

J. K. Gani is a Fellow in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.