A01=Kais M. Firro
Author_Kais M. Firro
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Product details
- ISBN 9781860648571
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 24 Oct 2002
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This study examines the history behind an idea: a new polity of "Greater Lebanon". It shows how, under the powerful influence of the French Mandate, various groups of the local elite attempted to create what amounted to a new Lebanese nationalism, carving the state into Maronite Christian, Sunni and Shiite power bases. The results only accentuated the divisions already inherent in this multi-ethnic and multi-faith society, and were to pave the way for the instability and wars that have plagued the country ever since.
Kais M. Firro is Professor of Middle Eastern History at the University of Haifa. He is the author of A History of Druzes and The Druzes in the Jewish State.
