books.google.no - The Baath Party in Iraq, like its counterparts in other Arab regions (states), derived from the official founding congress in Damascus in 1947. This conclave of pan-Arab intellectuals was inspired by the ideas of two Syrians, Michel Aflaq and Salah ad Din al Bitar, who are generally regarded as the fathers...http://books.google.no/books/about/Iraq_A_Country_Study.html?hl=no&id=X4bt8oiR_50C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareIraq: A Country Study
