"...an outstandingly rich study of the way the Syrian Ba'th regime
under Hafiz al-Asad used the Syrian media and other official
information services in his search for legitimacy...This
comprehensive study, based on a wealth of primary Arabic sources
and written by an authority in Arabic language studies, should
become a model for the analytic and systematic treatment of
official rhetoric and regime-media/public relations in
authoritarian regimes." -- Eyal Zisser, Head of the Department of
Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University.
"...the author provides a unique documentation and analysis of the
Middle East as seen through the eyes of the Syrian media. Dr. Kedar
successfully conveys a true and panoramic picture of Arabian
dictatorship. Dictatorship is expertly studied in Asad in Search of
Legitimacy - from its causes, to its intricate mechanisms, to its
impact on peace, progress, and modernity in the Middle East. By
exposing truth and meaning behind media slogans, the author
provides an indispensable documentary and commentary on Modern
Middle Eastern history." -- Shaker Nabulsi, Head of the
Arab-American Academic Association, Denver, Colorado.
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