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A study of US-Syria relations, this book analyzes the legacy of mistrust between the two states and continuities and discontinuities over time. It challenges the purely realist and power-political explanation that is dominant and points to a politically embedded set of ideas rooted in anti-colonial Arab nationalist ideology.

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PART I: THE EMERGENCE OF US-SYRIAN RELATIONS: FROM TRUMAN TO KENNEDY 1. The Rise of the US and the Roots of Syrian Mistrust 2. Independence, Coups and Revolution PART II: SYRIA´S ISOLATION AND THE BIRTH OF THE US-ISRAELI SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP 3. The 1967 Arab-Israeli War 4. Syria´s post-war position and policy towards the US PART III: US-SYRIAN ENGAGEMENT: DISENGAGEMENT TALKS 1973 - 75 5. Initiating Peace Talks 6. From Compromise to Breakdown PART IV: US-SYRIAN COOPERATION IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA 7. The Gulf War and Search for Comprehensive Peace 8. Failure of the Madrid Process

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J. K. Gani is a Fellow in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

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