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Bouthaina Shaaban worked closely with Syria's president Hafez al-Assad from 1990 until the time of his death, serving as both official interpreter and adviser. Her new book, part memoir and part historical account, takes the reader behind the closed doors of the Syrian Presidential Palace to provide uniquely Syrian perceptions of the failed Arab-Israel peace talks. Sharing firsthand stories of relationships (her own and Assad's) with members of the Bush and Clinton administrations, and drawing on previously unavailable minutes and other documents from the Syrian presidential archives, Shaaban takes us from the early Syrian-US engagement in 1990-1991 to the three Assad-Clinton summits in 1994-2000. In the process, she includes intriguing revelations about the Rabin Deposit, the April Understanding on Lebanon, and the 1998 Track II effort with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Bouthaina Shaaban offers the first account of these negotiations to come from a Syrian insider—an essential contribution to our understanding of the enduring conflict in the Middle East.

Assad, Hafez, --- Syria --- Middle East --- Politics and government --- Politics and government. --- Assad, Hafiz, --- Asad, Ḥāfiẓ, --- al-Asad, Ḥafiz, --- al-Assad, Hafez, --- al-Assad, Hafiz, --- אסד, חאפז, --- אסד, חאפט׳ --- أسد، حافظ، --- اسد، حافظ --- اسد، حافظ، --- حافظ الأسد --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern.

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In this book, the distinguished scholar Hanna Batatu presents a comprehensive analysis of the recent social, economic, and political evolution of Syria's peasantry, the segment of society from which the current holders of political power stem. Batatu focuses mainly on the twentieth century and, in particular, on the Ba`th movement, the structures of power after the military coup d'état of 1963, and the era of îvfiz al-Asad, Syria's first ruler of peasant extraction. Without seeking to prove any single theory about Syrian life, he offers a uniquely rich and detailed account of how power was transferred from one demographic group to another and how that power is maintained today. Batatu begins by examining social differences among Syria's peasants and the evolution of their mode of life and economic circumstances. He then scrutinizes the peasants' forms of consciousness, organization, and behavior in Ottoman and Mandate times and prior to the Ba`thists' rise to power. He explores the rural aspects of Ba`thism and shows that it was not a single force but a plurality of interrelated groups--prominent among them the descendants of the lesser rural notables--with different social goals and mental horizons. The book also provides a perceptive account of President Asad, his personality and conduct, and the characteristics and power structures of his regime. Batatu draws throughout on a wide range of socioeconomic and biographical information and on personal interviews with Syrian peasants and political leaders, offering invaluable insights into the complexities of a country and a regime that have long been poorly understood by outsiders.

Peasants --- Peasantry --- Agricultural laborers --- Rural population --- Marks (Medieval land tenure) --- Villeinage --- Political activity --- History --- Assad, Hafez, --- Ḥizb al-Baʻth al-ʻArabī al-Ishtirākī (Syria) --- Ḥizb al-ʻArabī al-Ishtirākī --- Arab Renaissance (Baʻth) Socialist Party --- Arab Socialist Baath Party --- Arab Socialist Renaissance Party --- Ḥizb al-Baʻth --- Syrian Baath Party --- Baath Party (Syria) --- Baʻth Party (Syria) --- Bāsutō --- Arabu Fukkō Shakaitō --- Baʻat' (Political party : Syria) --- Ḥizb al-Baʻth al-ʻArabī al-Ishtirākī --- Parti Baass arabe socialiste (Syria) --- Parti arabe socialiste (Syria) --- Baass (Syria) --- Parti Baass (Syria) --- בעת׳ --- حرب البعث العربي الاشتراكي (Syria) --- حزب البعث العربي الإشتراكي (سوريا) --- حزب البعث العربي الإشتراكي (سورية) --- حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي --- حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي (سير) --- حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي (Syria) --- Syria --- Sirii︠a︡ --- Iqlīm al-Sūrī (United Arab Republic) --- Iqlīm al-Shamālī (United Arab Republic) --- Syrian Region (United Arab Republic) --- سوريا --- Sūriyā --- Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah al-Sūrīyah --- Syrian Arab Republic --- République arabe syrienne --- Sowria --- Syrie --- R.A.S. --- RAS --- Ittiḥād al-Duwal al-Sūrīyah --- Fédération des États de Syrie --- Syrische Arabische Republik --- SAR --- Suryah --- Arabska Republika Syryjska --- Syrien --- Jumhuriya al-Arabya as-Suriya --- Repubblica Araba Siriana --- جمهورية العربية السورية --- Jumhūriyyah al-ʻArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah --- Сірыя --- Siryi︠a︡ --- Сірыйская Арабская Рэспубліка --- Siryĭskai︠a︡ Arabskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Сирийската арабска република --- Siriĭskata arabska republika --- Συρία --- Αραβική Δημοκρατία της Συρίας --- Aravikē Dēmokratia tēs Syrias --- 시리아 --- Siria --- סוריה --- רפובליקה הערבית הסורית --- Republiḳah ha-ʻArvit ha-Surit --- シリア --- Shiria --- Сирия --- Сирийская Арабская Республика --- Siriĭskai︠a︡ Arabskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Сирія --- Syrii︠a︡ --- Сирійська Арабська республіка --- Syriĭsʹka Arabsʹka respublika --- 敘利亞 --- Xuliya --- United Arab Republic --- Politics and government --- Assad, Hafiz, --- Asad, Ḥāfiẓ, --- al-Asad, Ḥafiz, --- al-Assad, Hafez, --- al-Assad, Hafiz, --- אסד, חאפז, --- אסד, חאפט׳ --- أسد، حافظ، --- اسد، حافظ --- اسد، حافظ، --- حافظ الأسد --- Social stratification --- Political sociology --- anno 1960-1969 --- anno 1970-1979 --- anno 1980-1989 --- anno 1990-1999 --- Hizb al-Bath al-Arabi al-Ishtiraki (Syria)