Greater Syria : The History of an Ambition.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: A Neglected Topic -- Part I: Greater Syria in History -- 1 Background and Changes -- Historic Syria to 1918 -- Dividing Historic Syria, 1918-1923 -- What Is the Nation? -- Two Forms of Pan-Syrian Nationalism -- Pan-Syrianism versus Pan-Arabism -- 2 Failed Efforts to Constitute Greater Syria, 1920-1973 -- Syria -- Lebanon -- Palestine -- Transjordan -- Iraq -- Great Britain and Others -- Second Phase, 1950-1973 -- The Syrian Social Nationalist Party, 1932-1973 -- Conclusion: The Historic Significance of Greater Syria -- Part II: The Era of Lesser Syria -- 3 Lesser Syria's Dominance, 1974-1988 -- Vestigial Claims by Others -- Lebanon -- The Syrian Social Nationalist Party -- Palestine -- Jordan -- Alexandretta and General Claims -- Views on Syrian Intentions -- 4 Changes in Lesser Syria -- The Need for an Ideology of Irredentism -- From Ba'th to Neo-Ba'th -- The 'Alawi Heresy to 1920 -- The Rise of the 'Alawis, 1920-1970 -- 'Alawi Dominion since 1970 -- Sunni Alienation and Pan-Syrianism -- Conclusion: A Dangerous Double Game -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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