Faces of Lebanon
Subtitle: sects, wars, and global extensions
By: William W. Harris.
Series: Princeton series on the Middle East
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781558761162; 9781558761155
Subjects: Lebanon -- History -- Civil War, 1975-1990.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-350) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Lebanon and the world; title: Part one : Elements of Lebanon.; title: Land and geopolitics; title: Sects and identities; title: Families and rulers; title: Part two : Greater Lebanon, 1920-89.; title: A house on sand, 1920-67; title: Into the abyss, 1967-86; title: Militias and cantons, 1986-89; title: Part three : Lebanon after the Cold War.; title: The adventure of Michel Aoun; title: Ta'if Lebanon, 1990-96; title: Conclusion