LEADER 00000cam 2200481Ma 4500 001 ocn403152931 003 OCoLC 005 20160807063730.0 008 090619s2009 nyub e b 001 0 eng 015 GBA907774|2bnb 016 7 014888801|2Uk 019 ocn403152931 019 227016470 020 9780393333749 020 0393333744|q(pbk.) 035 (OCoLC)403152931|z(OCoLC)227016470 040 AU@|beng|cAU@|dUKM|dBTCTA|dBAKER|dYDXCP|dCTN|dCTB|dUKMGB |dBDX|dOCLCF|dCHVBK|dOCLCO|dOCL|dOCLCQ 043 a-le--- 050 4 DS87|b.M282 2009 082 04 956.9204|222 100 1 Mackey, Sandra,|d1937- 245 10 Mirror of the Arab world :|bLebanon in conflict /|cSandra Mackey. 250 1st ed. 260 New York :|bW.W. Norton & Co.,|c©2009. 300 309 pages :|bmaps ;|c21 cm. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent. 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia. 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and index. 505 0 Author's note -- Maps -- Introduction -- A collection of tribes -- The hollow state -- The Palestinians : victims and villains -- Woe be to the state -- Identity in pursuit of a nation -- The rise of the Shia -- A tale of four countries -- Islam as politics -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Selected bibliography -- Index. 520 1 "Like many Arab countries, Lebanon's population possesses no common identity strong enough to resolve internal struggles pitting tribe against tribe, religion against religion, sect against sect, or region against region. Nor have Lebanon's hollow central governments been able to prevent foreign powers from fighting proxy wars within its borders. Adding to the instability of the state is virulent discord resulting from the clash of modernity with centuries of tradition, the gaping divide between rich and poor that drives the disenfranchised to seek social justice through political Islam, and the essential need to turn a fragile conglomerate of shifting alliances within the boundaries of a state into an economically and politically viable nation." 520 8 "It is this tumult in Lebanon that illuminates not only the challenges that Arabs pose to themselves but also the fear and hostility that arise in response to perceived threats from the West. No less importantly, a healthy examination of Lebanon's relationship with Iran proves instructive with respect to both Arabic and Western vantage points. Awareness and understanding of the Arab world's unique circumstances and pressures are the first steps towards resolution, cooperation, and solidity on all sides."--Jacket. 650 0 Palestinian Arabs|zLebanon. 650 0 Shīʻah|zLebanon. 650 0 Religion and state|zLebanon. 651 0 Lebanon|xPolitics and government|y20th century.
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