Syria And The Middle East Peace Process
Two leading American scholars of Syria have produced a timely and useful introduction to the world of Hafez al-Assad. They paint a convincing portrait of the regime and its policies, showing many, if not all, of its less attractive features. But the bottom line is that Assad's Syria is a country that must be taken seriously and should be included in any effort to find a negotiated settlement to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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