Commanding Syria(1st Edition) Bashar al-Asad and the First Years in Power (Library of Modern Middle East Studies) by EyalZisser Hardcover, 300 Pages, Published 2006 by I.B.Tauris ISBN-13: 978-1-84511-153-3, ISBN: 1-84511-153-2
"When Basher al-Asad became President of Syria in June 2000, he had a tough act to follow. A quiet, unassuming opthalmologist, trained in Britain, young Asad was successor to his dynamic, wily father Hafiz, who had consolidated power in his ethnically diverse and politically restive state through personal charisma, brute force and political balancing acts. Now, some years after Basher's succession and with mounting international pressure ..."
Asad's Legacy Syria in Transition by EyalZisser Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2001 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-9697-9, ISBN: 0-8147-9697-4
"For more than thirty years Hafez al-Asad has ruled Syria with an iron fist. Six U.S. presidents and eight Israeli prime ministers have come and gone, but Asad remains, one of the last of the old generation of Arab leaders. But in the post-Cold War Middle East Asad and his country are faced with an array of bewildering choices. Will they allow greater civil liberties and economic liberalization, or assert strong, centralized one-party co ..."
Lebanon The Challenge of Independence by EyalZisser Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2000 by I. B. Tauris ISBN-13: 978-1-86064-537-2, ISBN: 1-86064-537-2
"ISA, MFA, 2565/12, S. Divon (Paris) to A. Najar (MFA), 6 June 1951; see also ISA,
MFA, 2565/12, Gideon Rafael to the director-general of the MFA, a conversation
with Elyas Rababi, 28 December 1950. 67. Talaghraf, 26 June 1949. 68. ISA,
MFA, E. Sasson (Rome) to R. Shiloah (MFA), 29 March 1959. 69. ISA, MFA, 2565/
12, Sharett to the director-general of the MFA, 12 November 1950. 70. ISA, MFA,
2565/12, Assistance to the Lebanese Phalan ..."
Asad's Legacy Syria in Transition by EyalZisser Paperback, 229 Pages, Published 2000 by C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-85065-450-6, ISBN: 1-85065-450-6
"The Epicenter of Crisis argues that six contiguous states epitomize the security challenges of a post-9/11, globalized, world: Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Characterized by a dramatically transforming Islam, ethnic conflict, civil war, failed states, and terrorism, this "new Middle East" is the epicenter of what some call an arc of crisis, str ..."
Syria Domestic Political Stress and Globalization by EyalZisser, Paul Rivlin Plastic Comb, 62 Pages, Published 2002 by Diane Pub Co ISBN-13: 978-0-7567-1940-1, ISBN: 0-7567-1940-2
"The second essay, by Paul Rivlin, is a more detailed survey and analysis of the Syrian economy in the 1990s."
Commanding Syria Bashar Al-Asad and the First Years in Power by EyalZisser Published 2007 ISBN-13: 978-1-282-52690-7, ISBN: 1-282-52690-1
Library of Modern Middle East Studies Commanding Syria : Bashar Al-Asad and the First Years in Power by EyalZisser 240 Pages, Published 2007 by I.B.Tauris ISBN-13: 978-0-85771-151-9, ISBN: 0-85771-151-2
"Bashar al-Asad and the First Years in Power Eyal Zisser ... 18 The editor of
Tishrin, Khalaf Muhammad al- Jarrad, sharply attacked the supporters of civil
society for: having recently taken up the subject ... as if it were a lifeline.... These
ideas ..."
Asad's Legacy Syria in Transition by EyalZisser Hardcover, 218 Pages, Published 2000 by C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-85065-445-2, ISBN: 1-85065-445-X
Lebanon The Challenge of Independence by EyalZisser Published 2000 ISBN-13: 978-1-282-75126-2, ISBN: 1-282-75126-3
Lebanon The Challenge of Independence by EyalZisser 252 Pages, Published 2000 by I.B.Tauris ISBN-13: 978-0-85771-429-9, ISBN: 0-85771-429-5
"179—81; Raghid Solh, 'The Attitude of the Arab Nationalists towards Greater
Lebanon during the 1950s', in Shehadi and ... uwal al-'A rab fi al-Mu'tamarat al-D
awliyya; Sami al-Sulh, A htakimu 'ila al-Tarikh and M udhakkirat Sami Bak al-Sulh
."
Lebanon(1st Edition) A History of Conflict and Consensus by Nadim Shehadi, Dana Haffar-Mills, EyalZisser Hardcover, 350 Pages, Published 1993 by I.B.Tauris ISBN-13: 978-1-85043-119-0, ISBN: 1-85043-119-1
"The Lebanese conflict continues to defy the comprehension of outsiders. Yet without a proper understanding of the tensions of the last 150 years the Lebanon experience will remain a mystery.This collection of papers by a group of internationally respected scholars and experts on Lebanon covers a wide range of themes that explain both the roots of the conflict and the basis for resolving it.Among the topics covered are:• the evolution of ..."
"The Middle East state system, which was largely an artificial construct of the post World War I international order, has faced enormous challenges since Arab uprisings erupted in December 2010. The collection of essays in this volume, based on a seminar held by The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies in the 2012 13 academic year, examines the state of the Middle East in the aftermath of the uprisings and seeks to e ..."