Syria in the Maelstrom

Robert Olson’s latest book is The Ba’th and Syria, 1947–1982: The Evolution of Ideology, Party and State (Princeton: Kingston Press, 1982). He is also the author of The Siege of Mosul and Ottoman–Persian Relations, 1718–1743: A Study of Rebellion in the Capital and War in Provinces of the Ottoman Empire (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975). He is also the coeditor of Iran: Essays on a Revolution in the Making (Lexington, Ken.: Mazda Press, 1981).