Coup in Damascus Syria and the birth of Arab military rule, 1949
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Full Title

Coup in Damascus Syria and the birth of Arab military rule, 1949
Author(s)

Carl Rihan
Edition
ISBN

9781526151032, 9781526151049
Publisher

Manchester University Press
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Coup in Damascus examines the military takeover of Syria in 1949, an event which precipitated the rise of authoritarianism across the region. Connecting economics, politics and history, it challenges traditional interpretations grounded in international relations by shifting the focus away from geopolitics and postcolonial studies, affirming instead the primacy of cost-calculating, utility driven political action. By bringing neoclassical and Austrian economics into contact with Middle East history, Coup in Damascus demonstrates how unsound monetary practices, the disruption of trade routes and excessive interventionism upset social and institutional equilibriums thereby leading to authoritarianism. Coup in Damascus also highlights how lingering tensions, or spillover costs, normally resolved through economic and political exchange, congested political systems thereby triggering violence and recurrence.

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