1st Edition

The Formation of Modern Lebanon

By Meir Zamir Copyright 1985
322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

The Formation of Modern Lebanon (1985) examines the critical period around the 1920 establishment of Greater Lebanon and its impact on the political development of the country. It examines the ramifications of the annexation of the coastal region and the Beqa’a valley, with their mainly Muslim populations, to Mount Lebanon, with its Maronite Christian population. This act had far reaching... Read more

1. The Emergence of a Lebanese Entity  2. The Establishment of Greater Lebanon  3. The First Years of Disillusion  4. Upheaval and Reconstruction

Biography

Professor Meir Zamir lectured on Middle Eastern history at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba.