State Expansion and Conflict: In and between Israel/Palestine and Lebanon
Cambridge University Press, 9/28/2017
EAN 9781108415798, ISBN10: 1108415792
Hardcover, 292 pages, 23.9 x 16.6 x 8.4 cm
Language: English
Lebanon and Israel/Palestine are two political entities that expanded in 1920 and 1967 respectively, and became divided societies characterized by periods of stability and conflict. This book provides the first detailed comparison between the two states and also explores the effects of their expansion on their changing relations. It looks first at how both expanded states attempted to cope with their predicaments, focusing on the relationship between state, community and security, before moving on to analyze the de-stabilizing effects of expansion on Israeli-Lebanese relations. The book draws on previously unpublished official documents, memoirs, media resources and films produced in Lebanon and Israel/Palestine, in addition to existing works on the two states and the Middle East. Bridging the gap between comparative politics and international relations, it will interest students of Lebanon and Israel/Palestine, the Middle East, and conflict and peace.
List of figures
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chronology
1. Introduction
2. State expansion and its effects
3. From nation-states to divided societies
Lebanon and Israel/Palestine
4. Lebanon
weak and legitimate
5. Israel/Palestine
strong and illegitimate
6. Lebanon and Israel/Palestine compared
7. The deterioration of Israeli-Lebanese relations
8. Two conflicts intertwined
9. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.