A History of Stability and Change in Lebanon

ISBN: 9781784530976 出版年：2017 页码：241 Joseph Bayeh Bloomsbury Publishing

Lebanon is a country whose domestic politics have, even moin the regiomercy of changes on the international stage. Having been under Ottoman and Frennineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, the post-World War II era has seen Lebanon subjected to Israeli, Syrian and American interventions which have all threatened the county s stabiliJoseph 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 changfall 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 whito researchers of the international relations of the Middle East and Lebanon s political history."