The rise of Syria's brutal Assad dynasty rule | Joshua Landis | Real Talk
How did Hafez al-Assad rise from an army officer to establish a dynasty that brutally ruled Syria for 54 years?
From seizing power in 1970 to the Hama massacre, and Bashar inheriting power, Professor Joshua Landis joined us for an in-depth conversation on the Assad family’s rise to power.
Landis, chair and director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, has spent nearly 15 years living in the Middle East, including Syria, up until the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings. He’s also the author of a forthcoming book on Syria.
Today on Real Talk, we take a look at Syria’s…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.