A history of stability and change in Lebanon : foreign interventions and international relations / Joseph Bayeh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bayeh, Joseph, author.

Series:

Library of modern Middle East studies ; 175.

Library of modern Middle East studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lebanon--Foreign relations.

Lebanon.

International relations.

Physical Description:

233 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2017.

Summary:

Lebanon is a country whose domestic politics have, even more than others in the region, been at the mercy of changes on the international stage. Having been under Ottoman and French rule in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Lebanon in the post-World War II era has been subjected to Israeli, Syrian and American interventions which have all threatened the country's stability as a state. Joseph Bayeh argues that it is this international dimension which holds the key to an in-depth understanding of the country. In support of this argument, Bayeh examines Lebanese history from its early days under the Ottomans to the present day in order to show how international shifts and conflicts have had their impact on Lebanon. With changes such as the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the rise of US power after World War II, the end of the Cold War and the new focus on the region in the aftermath of 9/11, Lebanon has at various junctures been bolstered or undermined. Bayeh tracks all of this, offering insights into the workings of Lebanon's domestic politics which will appeal to researchers of the international relations of the Middle East and Lebanon's political history. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The European System and Pre-State Lebanon 18

The European Connection and Change to Christian Emirate 18

The Concert of Europe and Change to Kaymakamate 35

Franco-British Polarisation and the Change to Mutesarrifate 57

2 The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the First Republic 76

World War I and Greater Lebanon 76

World War II and Independence 91

3 Bipolarity and Status-Quo Lebanon 109

Containment and the 1958 Crisis 110

Détente and the 1975 War 131

4 Unípolarity and the 'Second Republic' 160

The 'New World Order' and the Syrian Mandate 161

11 September and the Restoration of Political Autonomy 183.

ISBN:

1784530972

9781784530976

OCLC:

993080140