Chapter 1: Introduction and why the SSNP matters Chapter 2: The Party of the Martyr Chapter 3: The SSNP’s Ideology Chapter 4: The SSNP’s beginnings in Syria Chapter 5: Under the shadow of Nasser Chapter 6: The Lebanese Civil War Chapter 7: From guerillas to politicians, the SSNP in Lebanese politics Chapter 8: The SSNP in the Syrian Civil War Chapter 9: Women, youth, and social media Chapter 10: The SSNP’s future in Syria Key figures and factions A list of SSNP presidents A timeline of the SSNP's factions and historic splits
Examines the ideology and political development of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) since its founding in 1932 to the present day
Christopher Solomon is an analyst specializing in Middle East history and politics, and works for a US defense consultancy in Washington, D.C., USA.
A needed analysis of a dynamic group pursuing political change ...
This book should be required for advanced students navigating the
modern history of the Levant.
*Choice*
Provides the reader with an accessible and comprehensive overview
of the [SSNP's] history.
*The Middle East Journal*
Chris Solomon provides an insightful and invaluable account into
one of the oldest political movements in the Levant. Abundant with
assassinations, betrayals and military coups, there is no dull
moment in the history of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party which
continues to be very relevant today as Solomon demonstrates in this
book. It is a vital resource for anyone aiming to understand
Levantine politics and modern history.
*Rim Turkmani, London School of Economics and Political Science,
UK*
In Search of Greater Syria is interesting, bright, eloquent and
readable, presenting the reader with the first comprehensive
picture of the history of the SSNP. This is therefore a must-read
book for anyone seeking to learn the history of the party but also
the turbulent history of Syria and Lebanon.
*Eyal Zisser, Tel Aviv University, Israel*
In Search of Greater Syria is the most detailed account ever
written on the fascinating political movement of the Syrian Social
Nationalist Party.Christopher Solomon analyses with great skill how
this relatively small anti-sectarian and secular party, which
eschewed ethnicity and language in favor of history and territory,
has been attractive for people from minorities in both Syria and
Lebanon. He shows eloquently how the SSNP developed from a fierce
competitor of the Ba’th Party in Syria during the 1950s, into being
its ally during the Syrian civil war (which started in 2011). While
the SNNP over the decades pragmatically scaled down its original
ideal of a wider Fertile Crescent unity (including Iraq) in favor
of a more restricted unity of a Greater Syria (including Syria,
Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine), the pan-Arab ideals of the Ba’th
regime in Syria likewise faded down in favor of a kind of
pan-Syrianism, as a result of which both parties, ideologically
speaking, came closer to one another. This study shows convincingly
that the SSNP will be an essential factor to watch in the future,
as long as this party does not overplay its hand, as a result of
which it would risk renewed persecution.
*Nikolaos van Dam, former Dutch ambassador and author of Destroying
a Nation: The Civil War in Syria.*
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