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War in Syria and the Middle East

Name: War in Syria and the Middle East
Brand: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS
SKU: 9781477331095
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESSISBN: 9781477331095

A Political and Economic History

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By Federico Manfredi Firmian
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS
Release Date: June 30, 2025
Format: HARDBACK
Dimensions: 229 x 152 mm
Weight: 510 g
Pages: 288

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A wide-ranging examination of the causes of war in Syria and the Middle East. In War in Syria and the Middle East, Federico Manfredi Firmian uses historical, political, and economic lenses to examine how Syria's civil war is part of a broad pattern of social breakdown increasingly prevalent across the Arab and Islamic worlds. This expansive book argues that many conflicts across the Middle East today are rooted in fundamental ideological divides that originated with European imperialism. In Syria, the iniquities of French rule gave way to the radicalism of the Arab Socialist Ba?th Party, which promised to dismantle imperial legacies and capitalist logics through nationalizations, land redistribution, and central planning. Ba?thist Syria, however, ultimately failed to provide a viable alternative to capitalism. In fact, its failures, and the failures of other revolutionary regimes of socialist inspiration, provided an opening for armed Islamist movements to challenge both secular authoritarian rule and US foreign policies-ultimately leading to civil war. Combining a multidisciplinary approach with fieldwork, War in Syria and the Middle East argues for a global perspective on a pressing, ongoing conflict.

Federico Manfredi Firmian is a lecturer in Political Science at Sciences Po Paris, Associate Research Fellow at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), and Research Fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point.

Preface and Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction: Great Ideological Divides and War in the Greater Middle East 1. From Ottoman Rule to the Capitalist Remaking of the Levant (1300-1946) 2. The Promise of Pan-Arabism and Its Ultimate Demise (1946-1989) 3. After the Cold War: US Hegemony and Islamist Revival (1989-2011) 4. The Arab Spring Groundswell (2011-2014) 5. The Breakup of Syria and Its Aftershocks (2014-2018) 6. A Shattered Syria (2018-2023) Conclusion: Patterns of State Failure across Asia and Africa Notes Bibliography Index

Federico Manfredi Firmian provides an insightful economic history of the modern Middle East, focusing on Syria, especially the effects and repercussions of the capitalist world order over the last two centuries. Particularly considering the complicated nature of the region, War in Syria and the Middle East offers an astute and accessible examination. - David W. Lesch, Trinity University, author of Syria: A Modern History

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