Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Baath.
The Baʻth came to power in Syria in March 1963.
1978, Itamar Rabinovich, “Historiography and Politics in Syria”, in Asian Affairs, volume 9, number 1, →DOI, page 573 more examples
The first authentic statement of the Baʻth's principles and programme was contained in what is known as the Constitution of the Baʻth approved by its leaders in April 1947.
1961 January, M[ohammed] S[hafi] Agwani, “The Baʻth: A Study in Contemporary Arab Politics”, in International Studies, volume 3, number 1, →DOI, page 6One instance of this syndrome was the coup of March 1963, when officers, who were members of or sympathetic to the Arab Socialist Baʻth Party, overthrew the parliamentary system and handed the government over to the civilian faction of the Baʻth.
1969 December, Amos Perlmutter, “From Obscurity to Rule: The Syrian Army and the Baʻth Party”, in Political Research Quarterly, volume 22, number 4, →DOI, page 827Although the regime has been reluctant to admit it, the Shiʻi issue has of late become a major problem for the Baʻth in Iraq.
1985 January, Ofra Bengio, “Shiʻis and Politics in Baʻthi Iraq”, in Middle Eastern Studies, volume 21, number 1, →JSTOR, page 1Synonyms: Arab Socialist Baʻth Party
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