Table of Contents

Preface

PART ONE: THE REVOLUTIONARY
1 Coming Down the Mountain
2 The French Legacy
3 Party School and Army College
4 The Peasants' Revolt
5 The Cairo Conspiracy
6 Capturing the State
7 Capturing the Party
8 Blindly to the Brink
9 The Six Day Walkover
10 The Fight to the Top
11 The Black September Fiasco

PART TWO: THE LEADER
12 Asad's State
13 Sadat, the Unsound Ally
14 The October Illusion
15 Duel with Henry Kissinger
16 1975: The Year Things Fell Apart
17 The Lebanese Trap
18 Jimmy Carter's False Dawn
19 The Enemy Within
20 Standing Alone
21 Ally of the Ayatollah
22 Battle with Menachem Begin
23 The Defeat of George Shultz
24 The Brothers' War (revised 1995)
25 Forging a Nation
26 Dirty Tricks
27 Conclusions: the Balance Sheet

Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

Reviews

"This is a book in the finest tradition of investigative scholarship. The research is awesome. . . . Seale's great strength is his ability to explain the confusing kaleidoscopic nature of Middle Eastern diplomacy. He understands the game being played and also knows the players. . . . [An] impressive book."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review