The book details how the ruling Ba'ath Party in Syria, since coming to power in 1963, has accumulated a vast amount of opposition due to its long history of intelligence and security practices against all segments of the Syrian people, from opposition parties and religious currents to intellectuals. With the start of the "Arab Spring revolutions" during the era of Bashar al-Assad, these practices erupted into a peaceful revolution that evolved into a full-scale war between the Syrian regime and the opposition. This book focuses on these practices that shaped the opposition, particularly in the first decade of the younger Assad's rule, Lebanese-Syrian relations, Syria's regional role in the July 2006 war and beyond, leading up to the "peaceful" revolution that transformed into a civil war.

• Publisher: Riad El-Rayyes Books
• Author: Radwan Ziadeh
• ISBN: 9789953215464
• Number of Pages: 347
• Year of publication: 2013