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For fifteen years, Lebanon's disparate confessional groups waged a bloody and protracted civil war. Still today, power-sharing between Sunni, Shi'i, Christian and Druze groups is a precarious balance, greatly affected by and in turn affecting events across the Middle East. But even during times of conflict, Lebanon's communities have managed a modicum of coexistence: agreeing on the importance of maintaining the Lebanese state and sharing the fear of being the player left standing in a macabre game of musical chairs. Tracing the origins of the civil war, Theodor Hanf shows that it was primarily a surrogate war over Palestine which escalated into a conflict between the diverse Lebanese communities. Hanf's central theme is the problem of conflict and conflict regulation between these groups, a theme which continues to have resonance over two decades since the end of the civil war. This highly influential book - now available in a paperback edition - delves into vital issues, such as how conflicts were peacefully regulated before the war, and how the country came to be a battlefield for proxy wars and analyses the prospects for permanent coexistence.
Table of Contents
Introduction: One Too Many People in the Levant?
Chapter 1: Conflict Regulation and Crises in Multi-Communal States: The Proliferation of Multi-Communal States in the Twentieth Century
Chapter 2: The 'Lebanese Model': Coexistence in Pre-War Lebanon
Chapter 3: The Clouding Horizon: Non-Lebanese Factors of Conflict
Chapter 4: Danse Macabre 1975-1988: Parties, Masks and Steps
Chapter 5: Violence without Victory: Forms, Costs and Consequences of War
Chapter 6: Foxes and Lions: Politicians and Militia
Chapter 7: Coexistence in War: Attitudes and Opinions of Economically Active Lebanese, 1981-1987
Chapter 8: A Revocable Covenant: A Preliminary Synopsis
Chapter 9: The Disintegration of the State: The Road to Dependence, 1988-1990
Chapter 10: The Two Faces of the Second Republic: Trappings of Sovereignty, 1990-1992
Chapter 11: The Emergence of a Nation: Epilogue and Conjectures
Product details
| Published | Feb 19 2015 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 736 |
| ISBN | 9781848857155 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Dimensions | 216 x 138 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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