Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents; Preface vii; 1. The Struggle for Geographic Coherence: Reclaiming Southern Syria 1; 2. The Earthquake of the 1948 Palestine War 25; 3. The Political Co-optation of the Palestinians 47; 4. The Guerrilla Factor and Syria's Vulnerability 78; 5. When Brothers Collide: The Confrontation over Lebanon 112; 6. The Clash of Nationalisms 154; 7. Peace or Pax Americana? 195; 8. The Search for a Unified Strategy 212; Notes 221; Bibliography 233; Index 241.