Civil and Uncivil Violence in Lebanon A History of the Internationalization of Communal Conflict

Name: Civil and Uncivil Violence in Lebanon A History of the Internationalization of Communal Conflict
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ISBN: 9780231124775

ISBN-10: 0231124775

ISBN-13: 9780231124775

Edition: 2002

Authors: Samir Khalaf

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In this long-awaited work, Samir Khalaf analyzes the history of civil strife and political violence in Lebanon and reveals the inherent contradictions that have plagued that country and made it so vulnerable to both inter-Arab and superpower rivalries. How did a fairly peaceful and resourceful society, with an impressive history of viable pluralism, coexistence, and republicanism, become the site of so much barbarism and incivility? Khalaf argues that historically internal grievances have been magnified or deflected to become the source of international conflict. From the beginning, he shows, foreign interventions have consistently exacerbated internal problems. Lebanon's fragmented…

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List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 10/6/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.89" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Samir Khalaf is professor of sociology and chair of the Center for Behavioral Research at the American University of Beirut. He is the author of many books, including Lebanon's Predicament, published by Columbia.



Preface


Acknowledgments



On Proxy Wars and Surrogate Victims



The Radicalization of Communal Loyalites



The Drift Into Incivility



Peasants, Commoners and Clerics: Resistance and Rebellion: 1820-1860



Revolt and Counter-Revolt: Civil Strife of 1958



Lebanon's Golden/Gilded Age: 1943-1975



From Playground to Battleground: Preludes to Civil Strife



The Scares and Scars of War



From Shakib Effendi to Ta'if



Prospects for Civility


Notes


Bibliography


Index