Tangled Skein or Gordian Knot? Iran and Syria as State Supporters of Political Violence Movements in Lebanon and in the Palestinian Territories
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, killarneybooks [64862402], Ennis, Co.Clare, Ireland.
Paperback, 136 pages, NOT ex-library. A good copy. Previous owner's name covered with a blank sticker on the title page. Clean and bright pages with unmarked text; firm secure binding. Cover shows shelfwear, rubbing to edges, creases to outer corners of the rear panel, some light indentations. Books.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, killarneybooks [64862402], Ennis, Co.Clare, Ireland.
Paperback, 136pp, NOT ex-library.A good copy. Previous owner's name covered with a blank sticker on the title page. Clean and bright pages with unmarked text; firm secure binding. Cover shows shelfwear, rubbing to edges, creases to outer corners of the rear panel, some light indentations. Books.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, killarneybooks [64862402], Inagh, CLARE, Ireland.
Scarce paperback, 136 pages, NOT ex-library. Previous owner's name concealed with a blank sticker on the title page. Interior is very good: clean and bright throughout, with unmarked text. Firm secure binding. Cover shows shelfwear, some rubbing to edges, short creases to outer corners of the rear panel. -- Contents: Preface; Abstract; List of Terms and Abbreviations; 1. Setting the Stage: Iran, Syria and Political Violence Movements in the Middle East [General Background on Support for PVMs by Iran and Syria; Background on Iranian support for PVMs Since the Revolution of 1979; Background on Syrian support for PVMs under Hafez and Bashar al-Assad; Geo-strategy and Power in the Middle East: Iran and Syria Between Regional Aspirations and Isolation; Palestinian Territories and Lebanon as Operational Theaters of Iranian and Syrian Supported PVMs]; 2. Iran as a State Supporter of PVMs [Iranian State Institutions Tasked with Implementing Policy Involving PVMs in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories; Iranian PVM Clients: Who's Who?; Nature and Extent of Iranian Support for PVMs; Long-Term Strategic Objectives of Iranian Support for PVMs; US Policy on Iran's Support for PVMs; Israeli Policy on Iran's Support for PVMs]; 3. Syria as a State Supporter of PVMs [Syrian State Institutions Tasked with Implementing Policy Involving PVMs in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories; Syrian PVM Clients: Who's Who?; Nature and Extent of Syrian Support for PVMs; Long-Term Strategic Objectives of Syrian Support for PVMs; US Policy on Syria's Support for PVMs; Israeli Policy on Syria's Support for PVMs]; 4. Long-term Objectives of Iranian and Syrian Support for PVMs: Tangled Skein or Gordian Knot?; Bibliography -- The systematic and calibrated deployment of political violence movements and terrorism by states, which use them as proxies in their conflicts with other state or sub-state actors, constitutes one of the major driving forces behind the current political and military strife in the greater Middle East. The principal state supporters of terrorist groups in the Middle East are here identified as, on the one hand, the Islamic Republic of Iran and, on the other, the secular Ba'athist regime in Damascus, Syria. In the last two decades, both states have pursued a foreign and security policy geared towards regional preponderance, albeit from different positions within the regional strategic pecking order. In terms of their foreign political agendas, Iran and Syria have at least one other commonality in that they both support PVMs in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories (the West Bank and Gaza). The author here argues that there is a compelling rationale for Iran and Syria to conduct a policy of carefully covert, vicarious violence against their adversaries. The reason for this surrogate warfare can be found in the stark reality of the Middle Eastern military balance: the military might arrayed against Iran and Syria by opposing powers in the region does not permit symmetric conflict without incurring the risk of massive retaliation. On the international level, the US has traditionally taken a narrow view of state support for terrorist organizations; after the attack on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001, the US government has declared a war on terrorism in general and, aside from its principal perpetrators, its backers in particular. This policy specifically targets Iran and Syria in the Middle East. The US long-term involvement in the Middle East, also made manifest in its leadership of the Coalition that invaded Iraq in March 2003, is resulting in the exertion of considerable pressure on both Iran and Syria to abandon policies and interests resulting in the destabilization of the region. US policy specifically targets the use by states of PVMs involved in terrorist activity. Books.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, medimops [55410863], Berlin, Germany.
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