The Making Of Modern Lebanon (Paperback, 1)

Preface -- Introduction -- The emergence of inter-sect rule (1516?1920) -- Foundations of the modern state (1920?43) -- The experience of independence (1943?67) -- The breakdown starts (1967?75) -- Eighteen months of civil war (1975-6) -- A troubled inter bellum (1977?82) -- The battles of Beirut (1982?4) -- Conclusions: the inter-sect system enters its fifth century