Lebanon Liberation, Conflict, and Crisis

No country in the world has more political battles, military conflicts, and ethnic complexity per person and per square mile than does Lebanon. Continually for fifty years, it has seen crisis after crisis, often drawing in direct U.S. and international involvement. Most recently, Lebanon has been the scene of a civil war, wars with Israel, a popular mass movement that expelled Syrian occupation, terror, hostage-taking, assassination, and the struggle between allies of Iran and the West. This book explains the issues, events, and personalities involved in one of the globe's most dramatic and important stories.

Barry Rubin is director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center and editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal and of Turkish Studies. He has authored 22 and edited 34 books, mostly on the Middle East. His latest books include The Israel-Arab Reader (seventh edition), with Walter Laqueur; The Truth About Syria; and The Long War for Freedom: The Arab Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East.

Preface to the Paperback Edition	p. vii
Contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Reflections on Lebanon	p. 9
What Makes Lebanon a Distinctive Country?	p. 25
Lebanon's Militia Wars	p. 35
Lebanon's Roller Coaster Ride	p. 63
Demographic Dilemmas	p. 83
Lebanon's Culture: Popular Music as a Case Study	p. 99
Lebanese Economy between Violence and Political Stalemate	p. 109
Islamist Groups in Lebanon	p. 131
Hizballah in Lebanon: Between Tehran and Beirut, between the Struggle with Israel, and the Struggle with Israel, and the Struggle for Lebanon	p. 155
The Lebanese Shi'a as a Political Community	p. 177
Israel and Lebanon: Problematic Proximity	p. 195
America and the Lebanon Issue	p. 213
Index	p. 239
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