Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. List of Maps XI
4. Introduction: Rethinking the Lebanese Conflict 1
5. PART 1 REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
6. Introduction 9
7. 1 Arab Domination and Mideast Resistance 11
8. 2 The Formation of Lebanon's Resistance: The Mardaite States 29
9. 3 Occupation, Emirate, and Revolution 43
10. 4 The Resistance and the War of 1860 53
11. 5 The National Movement and "Greater Lebanon" 65
12. PART 2 THE RISE OF NATIONALISM: THE EMERGENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN ETHNIC CLAIM
13. Introduction 75
14. 6 Under the Republic of 1926 and the National Pact of 1943 77
15. 7 The Precarious Independent Entity: 1943-1975 93
16. 8 The War of 1975 109
17. 9 Development of the Ethnonationalist Claim Since 1975 119
18. PART 3 THE FALL OF THE RESISTANCE: ETHNIC INDECISIONS AND CIVIL WAR, 1982-1990
19. Introduction 137
20. 10 Ethnic Indecisions: 1982-1985 141
21. 11 The Era of the Intifadas: 1985-1988 151
22. 12 The Christian Civil War: January 31-October 13, 1990 157
23. 13 Analytical Perspectives 179
24. 14 Conclusion: Whither Christian Lebanon? 195
25. Epilogue: The Ta'if Age 211
26. Bibliography 225
27. Index 243
28. About the Book and the Author 251