Civil and uncivil violence in Lebanon : a history of the internationalization of communal contact /

Show other versions (1)

In this long-awaited work, Samir Khalaf analyzes the history of civil strife and political violence in Lebanon and reveals the inherent contradictions that have plagued that country and made it so vulnerable to both inter-Arab and superpower rivalries. How did a fairly peaceful and resourceful socie...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Khalaf, Samir
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2002.
Series:History and society of the modern Middle East series.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Violence > Lebanon > History > 20th century.
Violence > Liban > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > General.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Violence
Burgeroorlogen.
Politiek geweld.
Internationale conflicten.
Lebanon > History > 20th century.
Liban > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Lebanon
Libanon.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • On proxy wars and surrogate victims
  • The radicalization of communal loyalties
  • The drift into incivility
  • Peasants, commoners and clerics: resistance and rebellion: 1820-1860
  • Revolt and counter-revolt: civil strife of 1958
  • Lebanon's golden/gilded age: 1943-1975
  • From playground to battleground: preludes to civil strife
  • The scares and scars of war
  • From Shakib Effendi to Ta'if
  • Prospects for civility.

Similar Items