- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. The Construction of a Patrimonial Regime
- 2. Popular Uprising and Militarization
- 3. The Regime's Repression
- 4. The Failure of the Opposition: The Challenges of Fundamentalism and Sectarianism
- 5. The Kurdish Question in Syria
- 6. Syria, International Relations, and Interventions
- 7. War Economy, Reconstruction, and Challenges
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index