Lesch, David W. <br/><br/>
The new lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Asad and modern Syria / 
David W. Lesch 
 - New Haven [Conn.]:  Yale University Press,  c2005. 
 - xii, 288 p., [12] p. of plates: ill., 1map;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliography and index. 
<br/><br/>1  Two Phone Calls<br/>2  The Asads of Syria <br/>3  Syria in the Middle East<br/>4  From Eye Doctor to Heir Apparent<br/>5  Seasons in Damascus<br/>6  The "Rogue State" and the United States <br/>7  A "Strategic Choice for Peace" <br/>8  Syria is Not Iraq<br/>9  "The raw material is the brain"<br/>10 The Man 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0300109911 (cl. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Syria--Politics and government
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>956.91042  / LES/N