The Communist Movement in Syria and Lebanon

The Communist Movement in Syria and Lebanon
	CONTENTS
	PREFACE
	PART ONE— FOUNDATIONS OF THE MOVEMENT
		Chapter 1— Establishment of the Communist Movement in Syria and Lebanon
			Ideological Formations
			Formation of the Lebanese People's Party
			Establishment of the Communist Party of Syria and Lebanon
			End of the Formative Stage
			The First Stage in Historical Perspective
		Chapter 2— The Bakdash Regime: Stalinization of the Party
			Public Activities, 1936–1939
			The National Congress of 1943
			The Partition of Palestine
			Report to the Central Committee, 1951
			Bakdash Returns to Damascus
			Union with Egypt
			Repression of the Party
			Lebanese Civil Strife
			Ideological Warfare with the UAR
			Breakup of the UAR
			The Second Stage in Historical Perspective
		Chapter 3— The Ideological Crisis and the Challenge to the Leadership of Khalid Bakdash
			Syria under the Baath
			Dissension within the Communist Party
			The Third Stage in Historical Perspective
	PART TWO— THE LEBANESE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT
		Chapter 4— The Lebanese Communist Party
			LCP Third Congress
			Program of the LCP
			The LCP and the Arab World
			Arab Unity
			The Palestinian Issue
			Socialism in the Arab World
			Epilogue
		Chapter 5— The Lebanese Civil War
			Fourth Congress of the Lebanese Communist Party
			Central Committee Report
			The 1982 Israeli Invasion
			The Challenge of National Reconstruction
			LCP Central Committee Report of 1986
			Fifth Congress of the LCP
			Plenary Meeting of 1988
			The Aoun Crisis
			Arab Summit of 1989
		Chapter 6— Postwar Reconstruction
			The National Question
			The Position on Perestroika
			The Islamic-Progressive Dialogue
			The Sixth Congress
	PART THREE— THE SYRIAN COMMUNIST MOVEMENT
		Chapter 7— The Syrian Communist Party in Crisis
			Third Congress of the SCP
			Draft Political Program of 1970
			Accommodation with the al-Assad Regime
			Party Polarization and the 1971 National Conference
			Split Party
			Moscow Agreement, 1972
			Retrospective on the SCP Crisis
		Chapter 8— The Disintegration of the Syrian Communist Party
			Fifth Congress of the SCP
			Position toward the U.S. and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
			The Party and the Regime
			Fragmentation and Division
			Sixth Congress of the SCP
			Seventh Congress of the (Bakdash) SCP, 1991
			Unifying Congress of 1991
			Post-Bakdash SCP Politics
			League of Communist Action
		Chapter 9— Conclusion: Continuity and Change
			Patterns of Continuity and Change
			Dynamics of Continuity and Change
			Roles of Continuity and Change
	NOTES
		Chapter 1— Establishment of the Communist Movement in Syria and Lebanon
		Chapter 2— The Bakdash Regime
		Chapter 3— The Ideological Crisis and the Challenge to the Leadership of Khalid Bakdash
		Chapter 4— The Lebanese Communist Party
		Chapter 5— The Lebanese Civil War
		Chapter 6— Postwar Reconstruction
		Chapter 7— The Syrian Communist Party in Crisis
		Chapter 8— Disintegration of the Syrian Communist Party
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