| Physical description |
1 online resource (215 p.) |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Introduction: Rethinking the Lebanese Conflict -- PART 1 REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- Introduction -- 1 Arab Domination and Mideast Resistance -- 2 The Formation of Lebanon's Resistance: The Mardaite States -- 3 Occupation, Emirate, and Revolution -- 4 The Resistance and the War of 1860 -- 5 The National Movement and "Greater Lebanon" -- PART 2 THE RISE OF NATIONALISM: THE EMERGENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN ETHNIC CLAIM -- Introduction -- 6 Under the Republic of 1926 and the National Pact of 1943 -- 7 The Precarious Independent Entity: 1943-1975 -- 8 The War of 1975 -- 9 Development of the Ethnonationalist Claim Since 1975 -- PART 3 THE FALL OF THE RESISTANCE: ETHNIC INDECISIONS AND CIVIL WAR, 1982-1990 -- Introduction -- 10 Ethnic Indecisions: 1982-1985 -- 11 The Era of the Intifadas: 1985-1988 -- 12 The Christian Civil War: January 31-October 13, 1990 -- 13 Analytical Perspectives -- 14 Conclusion: Whither Christian Lebanon? -- Epilogue: The Ta'if Age -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book and the Author |
| Summary |
Phares examines the historical roots and emergence of Lebanese Christian nationalism, providing not only an alternative analysis of the Lebanese conflict, but also a provocative challenge to the current state of Lebanese studies. |
| Language notes |
In English. |
| ISBN |
9781685852689 |
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1685852688 |
| Standard Number |
10.1515/9781685852689 |
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