A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon Reconsidered

A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon Reconsidered
ISBN-10
1860649122
ISBN-13
9781860649127
Category
Lebanon
Pages
247
Language
English
Published
1988
Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Author
Kamal Suleiman Salibi

Description

Today Lebanon is one of the world's most divided countries - if it remains a country at all. But paradoxically the faction-ridden Lebanese, both Christians and Muslims, have never shown a keener consciousness of common identity. How can this be?

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