Syria - A Country Study

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Country Profile GEOGRAPHY ECONOMY TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS NATIONAL SECURITY Introduction Chapter 1. Historical Setting ANCIENT SYRIA MUSLIM EMPIRES Umayyad Caliphate Succeeding Caliphates and Kingdoms Ottoman Empire WORLD WAR I AND ARAB NATIONALISM THE FRENCH MANDATE WORLD WAR II AND INDEPENDENCE AFTER INDEPENDENCE Shishakli Dictatorship Radical Political Influence United Arab Republic Coups and Countercoups, 1961-70 Neo-Baath Dominance, 1963-66 The Baath Redirections of 1966 and 1970 THE ASSAD ERA Chapter 2. The Society and Its Environment GEOGRAPHY AND POPULATION Land, Water, and Climate Population Density, Distribution, and Settlement Vital Statistics THE PEOPLES Arabs Kurds Armenians Others STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY Towns Villages Tribes THE INDIVIDUAL, THE FAMILY, AND THE SEXES RELIGIOUS LIFE Islam Sunnis Shia Ismailis Alawis Druzes Christianity OTHER MINORITIES Yazidis EDUCATION HEALTH Chapter 3. The Economy GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY LABOR FORCE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT Budget Revenues Expenditures Development Planning AGRICULTURE Water Resources Land Use Land Reform Role of Government in Agriculture Cropping and Production Animal Products Agricultural Potential INDUSTRY Energy and Natural Resources Electric Power Industrial Development Policy FOREIGN TRADE Imports Exports BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANKING AND MONETARY POLICY TRANSPORTATION, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AND CONSTRUCTION PERIOD OF ECONOMIC RETRENCHMENT, 1986-90 Chapter 4. Government and Politics CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK GOVERNMENT The People's Council The Judiciary Local Administration POLITICAL DYNAMICS Background The Baath Party Apparatus The Syrian Communist Party The Power Elite Post-1982 Political Developments POLITICAL ORIENTATIONS Concepts of Nationalism, Unity, and the Arab Nation Attitudes Toward Foreign Ideologies and Systems FOREIGN POLICY Israel Lebanon Jordan The Palestinians Iran and Iraq Syrian-United States Relations Syrian-Soviet Relations Chapter 5. National Security NATIONAL SECURITY DOCTRINE AND CONCERNS SYRIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT Development of the Syrian Military Syrian-Israeli Hostility Syria and the Lebanese Crisis, 1975-87 Syrian-Iraqi Hostility Syrian-Palestinian Tensions Syrian-Jordanian Tensions Syrian-Turkish Tensions ANTI-REGIME OPPOSITION MOVEMENTS Ethnic and Religious Opposition Movements THE REGULAR ARMED FORCES Size, Equipment, Command Structure and Organization Army Navy Air Force Manpower, Recruitment, and Conscription Military Training Conditions of Service, Morale, and Military Justice Uniforms and Rank Insignia Foreign Influences in the Development of the Armed Forces Special and Irregular Armed Forces Republican Guard SPONSORSHIP OF TERRORISM THE ARMED FORCES AND SOCIETY CIVIL POLICE AND INTERNAL SECURITY APPARATUS CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

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