Mirror of the Arab World Lebanon in Conflict

Name: Mirror of the Arab World Lebanon in Conflict
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ISBN: 9780393333749

ISBN-10: 0393333744

ISBN-13: 9780393333749

Edition: 2009

Authors: Sandra Mackey, S. Mackey, Mackey

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"A vivid picture of the crushing difficulties faced by every Arab government."--Kirkus Reviews "Incisive, timely, and eminently readable. A wonderful guide to the complexity of the brewing conflict in Lebanon and what it will mean for the Middle East."--Vali Nasr The security of the West is threatened by escalating turmoil rising out of the Arab world. Among the region's fractured states is Lebanon, a small, tortured country poised uneasily between East and West. Improbably, this most unique of Arab states has much to teach about the Arab world. Like many Arab countries, Lebanon's population possesses little sense of common identity and no strong central government. The tumultuous history…

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List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/16/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 318
Size: 0.55" wide x 0.83" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 0.858

Sandra Mackey is a veteran journalist who has written many books on the Middle East. She lives in Atlanta.



Author's Note


Maps


Introduction



A Collection of Tribes



The Hollow State



The Palestinians: Victims and Villains



Woe Be to the State



Identity in Pursuit of a Nation



The Rise of the Shia



A Tale of Four Countries



Islam as Politics


Epilogue


Afterword


Acknowledgments


Selected Bibliography


Index