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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 �Elite Politics in Syria and Egypt -- Defining the �Elite -- Middle Eastern �Elites -- The Syrian �Elite -- The Egyptian �Elite -- 2 The Road to the Union -- The Syrian Attitude toward Arab Unity -- The Egyptian Attitude toward Arab Unity -- Egyptian-Syrian Relations: From Conflict to Cooperation -- Syrian Unrest Intensifies -- The Syrian Army and Union -- The US Position toward the Union -- Countdown to Union

3 Establishing the Union: The Political Sphere (March 1958-February 1959) -- The Institutional Framework -- The Arab World: Yemen, Lebanon, and Iraq -- First Political Changes -- 4 Establishing the Union: The Economic Sphere (March 1958-February 1959) -- Early Efforts at Economic Integration -- The Agrarian Reform Law -- Toward a More Integrated Economy -- The Higher Ministerial Committee (HMC) -- 5 A Widening Rift: The Political and Economic Spheres (February 1959-February 1960) -- The Impact of the Iraqi Shawwaf Revolt -- Elections to the National Union -- 'Amir's Mission in Syria

The Resignation of the Ba'th Ministers -- The Question of Foreign Aid -- 6 The Road to Collapse: The Political Sphere (February 1960-July 1961) -- Egypt Tightens its Control -- The Formation of the National Union -- Attempts at Creating a UAR National Identity -- The Formation of the National Assembly -- Sarraj's Rule Consolidated -- 7 The Road to Collapse: The Economic Sphere (February 1960-July 1961) -- Attempts to Alleviate the Economic Predicament -- Toward an Economic Integration -- The Impact of the July 1961 Decrees -- 8 Syria's Secession from the UAR -- Political Integration

The Military Takeover -- Syrian Reactions to Secession -- Egyptian Responses to Secession -- 9 The End of a Dream -- Developments in Syria -- Developments in Egypt -- The Aleppo Insurrection -- The Shtura Meeting -- The Cairo Tripartite Talks and Beyond -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Analyses the political and socio economic processes that led to the rise and fall of the UAR, as well as the ramifications of this episode on the Arab world. This book tells the story of this important, yet neglected, episode in Arab history. It is based on the archiveal material located in the US, Britain, Canada, Israel, and sources in Arabic.

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