The Arab Ba'th Socialist Party

The Arab Ba'th Socialist Party was first published in 1966 by Syracuse University Press and has been revised and republished in 2024 by Hesperus Press with the original foreword by renowned Middle Eastern historian, the late Dr. Philip Hitti, Professor Emeritus of Arabic Studies at Princeton University; it also includes a preface by Professor Tareq Tell, who teaches Political Studies and the History of the Middle East at the American University of Beirut. This book covers the early years of the establishemnt of the party based on peronsal interviews with the founders. It is still considered an important reference to students as well as academics of Middle Eastern history and political ideologies, such as Arab nationalism and socialism and the Ba'th Party.

Auteur

Professor Kamel S. Abu Jaber is an internationally recognised statesman, diplomat and scholar. He was the Foreign Minister to Jordan in 1991 during the Madrid Peace Conference negotiating a peace treaty between Israel, Palestine and Jordan. He has written many articles and books about the Middle East. Among his most notable books: The Arab Ba'ath Socialist Party (1966) and The Palestinians: People of the Olive Tree (1980) and The Jordanians (1991) currently being republished by Hesperus Press.