num_pages: 320
description: Inventing Lebanon examines the history behind an a new polity of €˜Greater Lebanon€™. It shows how, under the powerful influence of the French Mandate, various groups of the local elite attempted to create what amounted to a new Lebanese nationalism, carving the state into Maronite Christian, Sunni and Shiite power bases. The results only accentuated the divisions already inherent in this multi-ethnic and multi-faith society, and were to pave the way for the instability and wars that have plagued the country ever since.
language: English
title: Inventing Lebanon: Nationalism and the State Under the Mandate
publisher: I. B. Tauris