ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION xv
5. Introduction Total War: Politics, Power, and Benevolence 1
6. 1. A City and Its Mountain, a Mountain and Its City 23
7. 2. Wartime Famine: Strategies, Logistics, and Catastrophe 51
8. 3. The Politics of Food: Wartime Provisioning for Civilians 79
9. 4. Prayers and Patrons: The Politics of Neutrality 109
10. 5. Rats, Lice, and Microbes: The Struggle against Infectious Diseases 141
11. 6. Local Relief Initiatives: Civil Society, Women, and the State 173
12. 7. Beneficial Benevolence: International Wartime Relief Efforts 201
13. Conclusion: Beirut 1919: The Chaos of Memory and Politics 235
14. Notes 259
15. Bibliography 309
16. Index 327