Soviet Policy towards Syria since 1970

by Efraim Karsh

Overview

An examination of the nature of Soviet policy towards Syria during the last two decades, which seeks to assess Moscow's objectives and the means of achieving those objectives. The study argues that the overriding concern of Soviet policy is preservation of regional stability.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349114849
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1991
Edition description:	1st ed. 1991
Pages:	235
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

PART 1 The structure of Soviet-Syrian relations: Moscow and Damascus-a patron-client relationship?; Soviet-Syrian relations - the military dimension; the economics of Soviet policy towards Syria. Part 2 The evolution of Soviet policy towards Syria: the formative years, 1970-73; war and disengagement; Lebanon; towards a bilateral treaty; from crisis to war; the post-Brezhnev interregnum; Gorbachev and the Syrians. Appendices: the treaty of friendship and cooperation between the union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and the Syrian Arab Republic; the Soviet proposal for a Middle East peace settlement, 29 July 1984; Mikhail Gorbachev's dinner speech honouring Asad, 24 April 1987.