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Routledge
248 pages
This book provides a vivid and readable account of Lebanon's development since its first emergence in 1585, unravelling the intricacies of the sectarian/religious groups and the special kinds of communities which have sunk 900-year-old roots in the remote fastnesses of the Mount Lebanon interior.
Preface -- Introduction -- The emergence of inter-sect rule (1516–1920) -- Foundations of the modern state (1920–43) -- The experience of independence (1943–67) -- The breakdown starts (1967–75) -- Eighteen months of civil war (1975-6) -- A troubled inter bellum (1977–82) -- The battles of Beirut (1982–4) -- Conclusions: the inter-sect system enters its fifth century
