Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-204) and index.

Introduction -- The consolidation of the territorial state and the political development of the Syrian Arab Republic -- "We are not strangers here': Syrian policy towards Lebanon -- From forgotten to stolen territory: Syrian policies towards Hatay -- The Golan Heights: from the Arab to the Syrian cause -- Conclusions.

Lebanon, together with the province of Hatay in Turkey (containing Antakya) and the Golan Heights were all part of French mandate Syria, but are now all outside the boundaries of the modern Syrian state. The policies and reactions of Syria both to the loss of these territories and to the states that have either absorbed, annexed or emerged from them (Lebanon, Turkey and Israel) are the focus of Emma Jorum's book. Jorum uses the differences in policy and discourse when it comes to each of these three cases to highlight the nature of territorial dispute in the region, and the processes of state-building and nationalism more generally. Through the examination of Syria's policies concerning these lost territories, Jorum plots and analyses Syrian-Turkish, Syrian-Lebanese and Syrian-Israeli relations, explaining why some losses have been pushed to one side and others remain at the forefront in Syria's international relations and diplomacy efforts.

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