CHAPTER 8. The Syrian Military and the 2011 Uprising

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION: Military Engagement in Mobilizing Societies: The Research Agenda 1
4. PART I. Military Politics and Regime Dynamics
5. CHAPTER 1. Military Relations in Comparative Perspective 7
6. CHAPTER 2. Officers and Regimes: The Historical Origins of Political-Military Relations in Middle Eastern Republics 34
7. CHAPTER 3. Armed Forces, Internal Security Services, and Popular Contention in the Middle East and North Africa 54
8. CHAPTER 4. A Shifting Role of the Military in Arab Politics? Cross-Regional Perspectives and Implications for the Future of Civil-Military Relations in the Region 71
9. PART II. Military Engagement in the Arab Uprisings
10. CHAPTER 5. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Comparing Military (Non-)Cooperation During Authoritarian Regime Crises in the Arab World and Asia 97
11. CHAPTER 6. Cain and Abel in the Land of Sheba: Elite Conflict and the Military in Yemen 125
12. CHAPTER 7. Bahrain’s “Cohesive” Military and Regime Stability amid Unrest 145
13. CHAPTER 8. The Syrian Military and the 2011 Uprising 168
14. PART III. Trajectories of Political-Military Relations: Beyond the Arab Spring
15. CHAPTER 9. Egypt: From Military Reform to Military Sanctuarization 185
16. CHAPTER 10. The Tunisian Military and Democratic Control of the Armed Forces 203
17. CHAPTER 11. Building an Army to Build the State? The Challenge of Building Security Institutions in Post-Qaddafi Libya 225
18. CHAPTER 12. Military Prestige, Defense-Industrial Production, and the Rise of Gulf Military Activism 241
19. REFERENCES 265
20. CONTRIBUTORS 293
21. INDEX 297