ḤĀFIẒ AL-ASAD BECOMING THE STRONGMAN OF SYRIA, 1970 – 1973

Karol Sorby, jr ()
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Karol Sorby, jr: Ústav orientalistiky Slovenskej akadémie vied

Almanach (Actual Issues in World Economics and Politics), 2022, vol. 17, issue 2, 34-47

Abstract: Israel’s military victory over the Arabs in June 1967 provoked widespread reaction and a search for a way out throughout the Arab world and, in the case of Syria, led to the overthrow of the ruling regime. In the autumn of 1970 Ḥāfiẓ al-Asad seized power, and his regime represented the arrival of new elites from rural backgrounds to replace the traditional urban politicians and representatives of business circles. It was an authoritarian regime whose power base was the army and the Bacth Party. The sole ruler wielded absolute power and became the object of a personality cult. The regime adopted socialist-type economic policies and advocated egalitarian reforms.

Keywords: Syria under the Bacth in 1960s; the role of the military; the struggle for power within the party; Ḥāfiẓ al-Asad’s bloodless coup; consolidation of power; political and social changes; preparation for the liberation of the occupied territories (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F51 Y80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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