Hezbollah : mobilisation and power / Aurélie Daher ; translated from the French by H.W. Randolph.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daher, Aurélie, author.

Contributor:

Randolph, Henry W., translator.

Charles Wendell David Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shiites.

Politics and government.

Lebanon--Politics and government--1975-1990.

Lebanon.

Lebanon--Politics and government--1990-.

Middle East.

Hizballah (Lebanon).

Shiites--Lebanon--Politics and government.

Islam and politics--Lebanon.

Islam and politics.

Geopolitics--Middle East.

Geopolitics.

Shiites--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xi, 428 pages : maps, illustration ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Summary:

Drawing on first-hand interviews with rank and file members of Hezbollah, the author illuminates the inner workings of this Islamist terrorist group.

Contents:

Part I. What is Hezbollah?

On the origins of Hezbollah: a social and political history of proto-Hezbollah militancies

Hezbollah, carrying on the Islamic resistance in Lebanon: crystallization of a new militant structure

Trajectory of an Islam of resistance: from founding to liberation

Hezbollah, a social entrepreneur? Social action and mobilization, or building the 'resistance society'

Hezbollah's internal organization: structure, membership, internal operations

The Hassan Nasrallah phenomenon: leadership and mobilization

Part II. Mobilization and power or how to survive in a perilous environment (2000-2015)

"New Middle East", "Cedar Revolution": imperilled gains (2000-2006)

The thirty-three-day war: the resistance put to the test

Escalation, collapse, and status quo (August 2006-January 2011)

The special tribunal for Lebanon and the Syrian conflict: Hezbollah takes the reins

Hezbollah in the eyes of its public: meaning-making and mobilization

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-412) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles Wendell David Library Fund.

ISBN:

0190495898

9780190495893

OCLC:

938989849