Greater Syria: The History of an Ambition

While for many years scholars and journalists have focused on the more obvious manifestations of political life in the Middle East, one major theme has been consistently neglected. This is Pan-Syrian nationalism--the dream of creating a Greater Syria out of an area now governed by Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and Turkey. Though not nearly as well known as Arab or Palestinian nationalism and hardly studied in depth, Pan-Syrianism has had a profound effect on Middle Eastern politics since the end of World War I. In Greater Syria, the noted Middle East scholar Daniel Pipes provides the first comprehensive account of this intriguing, important, and little understood ideology. more

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Posted: Aug-11-2008

Not to be trusted

Daniel Pipes, the head of Campus Watch, is not an author to be trusted on any topics related to the Middle East. Because of the author's extreme anti-Arab, pro-Zionist stand, this book is further proof that Syria is greatly misunderstood in the West. This book is only worth reading to understand...

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Posted: Oct-16-2006

good!

The book is highly recommendable. Its only flaw is that it does not expose the nazi ideological dogma of A Saadee or his party.

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Posted: Dec-10-2005

A Must Have for Anyone Studying Middle Eastern Politics

For anyone studying the Levant or the Middle East this book is a must have. Pipes explains the Syrian ambition to have a Greater Syria which would include Lebanon, the Turkish province of Hatay/Alexandretta, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and the State of Israel. Daniel Pipes shows that...

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Posted: Sep-28-2005

How Does Pipes Get Published?

It's just hard to take this author seriously any more.

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Posted: Feb-06-2004

A wonderful treatise

This wonderful study of modern syrian politics unmasks the ambitions of Syrias leadership from King Faisal to Hafiz Asad and beyond. An eminent study by an eminent scholar, a must read for anyone interested in Syria, Ba'athism and the like.

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Posted: Apr-03-2003

An analysis of Pan-Syrianism

Daniel Pipes claims that pan-Syrianism has not received the scholarly attention it deserves because most Middle East scholars focus on pan-Arabism. Pan-Syrianism is defined as the goal of uniting lesser Syria (current borders), Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan (and sometimes Iraq) into what is...

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Posted: Aug-19-2002

WHAT A TRASH.....SAVE YOUR MONEY

This Jewish author knows nothing about Syria's history. In fact after looking into his other works and watching this Jewish propogandist on Televesion, I concluded that you will be better off talking politic with your dog. This way,you will have a more objective assesment of facts.

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Posted: Aug-06-2002

Arabic studies from an anti-Arab scholar?

An utter scholastic failure. Pipes lets his unfettered love for Israel get in the way.

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Posted: Aug-24-2001

Hanging on a Straw

Daniel Pipes aspiration for academic legitimacy is hardly helped by this book. Pipes is not an `Orientalist' in the common sense. He does not view Syria, for example, from the point of view of Cromer and Balfour and their latter day cultists. He does so, from the point of view of the Paul...

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Posted: Oct-24-1999

Greater Syria and the Syrian Arab Republic

This is a must read book for those that are interested in the history and evolution of the Greater Syria ideology that claims that the many peoples of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq are one " Syrian People ". This book takes you into an excellently detailed history of the ideology and the...

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