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Lebanon : the politics of frustration : the failed coup of 1961 / Adel Beshara.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beshara, Adel, author.
- Series:
- History and Society in the Islamic World
- History and society in the Islamic world, 1466-9390
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ḥizb al-Sūrī al-Qawmī al-Ijtimāʻī.
- Lebanon--History--Attempted coup, 1961.
- Lebanon.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Lebanon examines the ideological, political and social underpinnings of the attempted coup against General Chihab's government in Lebanon in 1961. The author analyzes the role of the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party, the history of the army in Lebanon and it role in Lebanese politics and the impact of the coup on Lebanese political life. This book provides an extraordinary insight into the mechanisms of military coups in the Arab world and will be of interest to students and researchers of the history and politics of the Middle East.
- Contents:
- Cover; Lebanon: The politics of frustration - the failed coup of 1961; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; General remarks and notes on transliteration; Introduction; 1. The coup d'etat in theory and practice; 2. A legacy of frustration:SSNP-Lebanese state relations(1935-1958); 3. Escalating frustration:SSNP-Lebanese state relations under Chehab; 4. Military frustration: The Lebanese military under Chehab; 5. Political frustration: The Lebanese polity under Chehab; 6. The 1961 coup attempt against Chehab: A re-construction; 7. The effects of the abortive coup on Lebanon
- 8. The effects of the plot on the SSNP and the military conspiratorsConclusion; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-223) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-00614-1
- 0-203-39009-1
- 1-283-96289-6
- 1-136-00606-0
- 9780203390092
- OCLC:
- 826930412
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