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100 1 $aHirst, David,$d1936-
245 10 $aBeware of small states. ;$bLebanon, battleground of the Middle East /$cDavid Hirst.
260 $aNew York :$bNation Books,$cc2010.
300 $axiv, 480 p. :$bmaps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [428]-460) and index.
505 0 $aThe seeds of conflict, 1860-1923 -- Zionists and Maronites : an inadmissible affair, 1923-1948 -- The reckoning delayed : Lebanon escapes the consequences of the catastrophe, 1948-1967 -- Lebanon and the Palestinians : the road to civil war, 1967-1975 -- Civil war in Lebanon : proxy war for everyone else, 1975-1976 -- Imperial hubris : Israel wages "chosen war" in Lebanon, 1977-1982 -- The massacre of Sabra and Shatila : Israel's imperial nemesis, 1982-1985 -- Khomeini, Islamists and the Shiite uprising, 1979-1985 -- The civil war closes : Hizbullah rises, 1985-1992 -- Triumph of the warrior-priest : Hassan Nasrallah humbles Zion, 1992-2000 -- Redrawing the map of the Middle East, 2001-2006 -- Getting Syria out of Lebanon, 2004-2006 -- The Sixth War, 2006 -- Who won? 2006-2008 -- Gaza, 2009 -- Epilogue: Obama peace - or Seventh War?
520 $aIn this magisterial history of Lebanon, from the end of Ottoman rule to the Hizbullah and Hamas wars of today, David Hirst charts the intricate interplay between a uniquely complex country and its geopolitical environment through all the broad historical experiences of the modern Middle East. It covers the transition from Ottoman Turkish rule to European colonial domination, the loss of Palestine to the settler-state of Israel, and the wars and ceaseless violence that followed. Included in this list are the pan-Arab nationalist idea, the struggle for independence, the revolutionary seizures of power that is inspired, and the rise of fundamentalist Islam upon failure of nationalism which was the begetter of today's pre-eminent Hizbullah and Hamas.
610 20 $aHizballah (Lebanon)
650 0 $aLebanon War, 2006.
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651 0 $aLebanon$xHistory$yIsraeli intervention, 1982-1985.
651 0 $aLebanon$xHistory$yIsraeli intervention, 1996.
650 0 $aArab-Israeli conflict.
651 0 $aLebanon$xPolitics and government$y1975-1990.
651 0 $aLebanon$xPolitics and government$y1990-
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