TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lesch,David W.
TI  - The new lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Asad and modern Syria
SN  - 0300109911 (cl. : alk. paper)
U1  - 956.91042 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New Haven [Conn.]
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Syria
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliography and index; 1  Two Phone Calls
2  The Asads of Syria 
3  Syria in the Middle East
4  From Eye Doctor to Heir Apparent
5  Seasons in Damascus
6  The "Rogue State" and the United States 
7  A "Strategic Choice for Peace" 
8  Syria is Not Iraq
9  "The raw material is the brain"
10 The Man
ER  -