pt. 1. Foundations of the Movement. -- Ch. 1. Establishment of the Communist Movement in Syria and Lebanon. -- Ch. 2. The Bakdash Regime: Stalinization of the Party. -- Ch. 3. The Ideological Crisis and the Challenge to the Leadership of Khalid Bakdash -- pt. 2. The Lebanese Communist Movement. -- Ch. 4. The Lebanese Communist Party. -- Ch. 5. The Lebanese Civil War. -- Ch. 6. Postwar Reconstruction -- pt. 3. The Syrian Communist Movement. -- Ch. 7. The Syrian Communist Party in Crisis. -- Ch. 8. The Disintegration of the Syrian Communist Party. -- Ch. 9. Conclusion: Continuity and Change
Summary
This is the first comprehensive work in any language to examine the development and growth of the communist movement in Syria and Lebanon. Drawing on party documents and literature, as well as interviews with key players conducted over a 25-year period, the authors examine the movement's evolution, intra-party struggles, and fragmentation over the course of the twentieth century