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The war on Lebanon a reader

Israelʹs 34-day bombardment of Lebanon in the summer of 2006 -- in which more than 1000 Lebanese civilians lost their lives -- is one of the most tragic events to take place in the Middle East this century. It was unleashed in the context of the continued Israeli assault on the Palestinians, particu...

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Other Authors: Hovsepian, Nubar
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Northampton, MA Olive Branch Press 2008
Subjects:
Lebanon War, 2006
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Lebanese State, the Confessional System, and Hizballah.
  • 1. Understanding Sectarianism
  • 2. State-Society Relations and the Reproduction of the Lebanese Confessional System
  • 3. A Cedar Ready to Fall
  • 4. Hizballah and its Civilian Constituencies in Lebanon
  • 5. Meeting Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah
  • Part II. Israeli and American Collusion.
  • 6. The War on Lebanon Is a War on Palestine
  • 7. Washington's Proxy War
  • 8. Exporting Death as Democracy
  • Part III. Israel's War on Lebanon.
  • 9. Notes from the Siege
  • 10. A Letter to Our Comrades in the Democratic Left Movement
  • 11. Meditations upon Destruction
  • 12. We Will Never Forget
  • 13. No Innocent Victims
  • 14. A Fateful Visit to Lebanon: A Diary
  • Part IV. International Law and War.
  • 15. International Law at the Vanishing Point
  • 16. The Lebanon War in the UN, the UN in the Lebanon War
  • - 17. US Military Assistance and Arms Transfers to Israel
  • Part V. The Deconstruction of Israeli Power.
  • 18. You are Terrorists, We are Virtuous
  • 19. Travels in Israel
  • 20. The Culture of Annihilation
  • 21. Illusions of Unilateralism Dispelled in Israel
  • 22. Israel in Lebanon
  • 23. A Jewish Plea
  • Part VI. The Repercussions of War.
  • 24. The Economic & Human Costs of the War
  • 25. Lessons from the War
  • 26. Lehanon on the Brink
  • 27. The New Sectarian Wars of Lebanon
  • 28. Peace or Perpetual War
  • 29. All Wars Are Different
  • 30. World Order after the Lebanon War
  • 31. Remember, Palestine Is the Region's Festering Sore.

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