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050 00 $aJQ1828.A98$bH6263 2007
049 $aXIMM
100 1 $aNorton, Augustus R.
245 10 $aHezbollah :$ba short history /$cAugustus Richard Norton.
260 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$cc2007.
300 $avi, 187 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
440 0 $aPrinceton studies in Muslim politics
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [169]-171) and index.
505 0 $aOrigins and prehistory of Hezbollah -- The rise of Shi°i politics from the mid-twentieth century to the Lebanese civil war -- The role of Musa al-Sadr -- The resurgence of Amal -- The founding of Hezbollah -- The Iraq connection -- The 1982 Israeli invasion -- Hezbollah emerges -- The Hezbollah worldview -- Implementing the design -- Being a Shi`a Muslim in the twentieth century -- Ritual and identity -- The intersection of ritual and politics -- Resistance, terrorism, and violence in Lebanon -- Hezbollah and terrorism -- Occupation in southern Lebanon -- The "rules of the game" -- The 2000 Israeli withdrawal -- Playing politics -- Hezbollah's decision to participate -- Municipal elections -- The revolt of the hungry -- The rich texture of Shi°i institutions -- From celebration to war -- The changing social tapestry in post-civil war Lebanon -- Lebanon's love-hate relationship with Rafiq Hariri, and his assassins -- Setting the stage for war -- The start of hostilities, July 2006 -- Prosecuting the war -- Conclusion: Hezbollah in a fractured postwar Lebanon -- What next?
610 20 $aHizballah (Lebanon)
651 0 $aLebanon$xPolitics and government$y1975-1990.
651 0 $aLebanon$xPolitics and government$y1990-
650 0 $aShiites$zLebanon$xPolitics and government.
650 0 $aIslam and politics$zLebanon.
650 0 $aGeopolitics$zMiddle East.
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