This study demonstrates that Syria's role in the Middle East has been, since 1974, an unabated terrorist war against all attempts to resolve peacefully the Arab-Israeli conflict. Marius Deeb provides evidence that Syria's role in Lebanon, since 1975, has been to perpetuate the conflict among the various Lebanese communities in order to keep its domination of Lebanon.

Marius Deeb teaches Middle East Politics at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He has published several books including Party Politics in Egypt, The Lebanese Civil War, and with Mary-Jane Deeb Libya Since the Revolution.