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100 1 _aLesch, David W.
_920804
245 1 4 _aThe new lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Asad and modern Syria /
_cDavid W. Lesch
260 _aNew Haven [Conn.]:
_bYale University Press,
_cc2005.
300 _axii, 288 p., [12] p. of plates: ill., 1map;
_c25 cm.
500 _aIncludes bibliography and index.
505 _a1 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
651 0 _aSyria
_xPolitics and government
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999 _c1886
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