Hezbollah : A Short History | Third Edition - Revised and updated with a new preface, conclusion and an entirely new chapter on activities since 2011 /

"With Hezbollah's entry into the Lebanese government in 2009 and forceful intervention in the Syrian civil war, the potent Shi'i political and military organization continues to play an enormous role in the Middle East. A hybrid of militia, political party, and social services and pub...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Norton, Augustus R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Edición:Updated and expanded third edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hizballah (Lebanon)
Shiites > Politics and government.
Politics and government.
Islam and politics.
Geopolitics.
Lebanon.
Palestine question.
civil war.
religious group.
political parties.
political Islam.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
Geopolitics > Middle East.
Islam and politics > Lebanon.
Shiites > Lebanon > Politics and government.
Middle East.
Liban > Politique et gouvernement > 1990-
Liban > Politique et gouvernement > 1975-1990.
Lebanon > Politics and government > 1990-
Lebanon > Politics and government > 1975-1990.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue to the third edition
  • Prologue
  • Origins and prehistory of Hezbollah
  • The founding of Hezbollah
  • Being a shi'i Muslim in the twenty-first century
  • Resistance, terrorism, and violence in Lebanon
  • Playing politics
  • From celebration to war
  • Acclaim gives way to enmity
  • Hezbollah's Syrian entanglement
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • Additional reading
  • Sources cited
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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