Fuad Chehab
The [[1958 Lebanon crisis]] was a Lebanese political crisis caused both by political and religious tensions within the country, and by tensions between forces in favor of and against the pro-Western [[Baghdad Pact]]. During the crisis, Lebanon was facing inter-communal tensions between the Maronite and the Muslim population of the country. At the same time, tensions were escalating between Lebanon and the [[United Arab Republic]], consisting of Egypt and Syria, who feared that Lebanon posed a threat to the [[Arab nationalism]] of [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]. Within Lebanon, Muslims pushed the government of President [[Camille Chamoun]] to join the newly created United Arab Republic, however, Lebanese Christians preferred the country's alliance with the Western powers. In June 1958, groups backed by Nasser, supported by a considerable amount of the Lebanese Muslim population, attempted to overthrow Chamoun's government. Appealing to the United States for help under the new [[Eisenhower Doctrine]], Chamoun was backed by American forces that intervened in Lebanon. The crisis ended with an agreement, which allowed Chamoun to end his term after which [[Fuad Chehab]]would succeed him. The prime minister by that time, Saeb Salam, declared the end of the violence with the phrase "No Victor, No Vanquished," which made him a communal hero in that period.