The Lebanese Forces
Title | The Lebanese Forces PDF eBook |
Author | Nader Moumneh |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 619 |
Release | 2018-12-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0761870768 |
In this book, author Nader Moumneh–a Canadian senior policy adviser of Lebanese descent– examines the research of the formation and evolution of the Christian resistance in Lebanon he performed as a graduate student at the American University of Beirut in the early 1990s. He has conducted hundreds of lengthy interviews with senior Lebanese Forces leaders who were thoroughly impressed by his communicative yet assertive personality, his scrupulous presentation of facts, his obsessive attention to detail, and most importantly, his unwavering determination to unveil behind-the-scenes events. Mr. Moumneh drew upon his self-acquired persuasion tactics and negotiation strategies to earn the Lebanese Forces’ trust and gain access to top secret, never-before published information. Since then, he has continually revised and expanded the manuscript to address the rapidly changing situation in Lebanon and the Middle East. The Lebanese Forces: Emergence and Transformation of the Christian Resistance has taken twenty-five years to produce and is unique in its own right. Mr. Moumneh’s work is not a typical re-telling of the Lebanese crisis, rather it is a magnificent blend of skillful craftsmanship, an unprecedented wealth of painstakingly referenced chronological research and now declassified intelligence information.
Civil-Military Relations in Lebanon
Title | Civil-Military Relations in Lebanon PDF eBook |
Author | Are John Knudsen |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 163 |
Release | 2017-08-31 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 3319551671 |
This volume examines Lebanon’s post-2011 security dilemmas and the tenuous civil-military relations. The Syrian civil war has strained the Lebanese Armed Forces’ (LAF) cohesion and threatens its neutrality – its most valued assets in a divided society. The spill-over from the Syrian civil war and Hezbollah’s military engagement has magnified the security challenges facing the Army, making it a target. Massive foreign grants have sought to strengthen its military capability, stabilize the country and contain the Syria crisis. However, as this volume demonstrates, the real weakness of the LAF is not its lack of sophisticated armoury, but the fragile civil–military relations that compromise its fighting power, cripple its neutrality and expose it to accusations of partisanship and political bias. This testifies to both the importance of and the challenges facing multi-confessional armies in deeply divided countries.
The Lebanese Forces
Title | The Lebanese Forces PDF eBook |
Author | Lewis W. Snider |
Publisher | |
Pages | 43 |
Release | 1982 |
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The Lebanese Army
Title | The Lebanese Army PDF eBook |
Author | Oren Barak |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 291 |
Release | 2009-03-17 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0791493636 |
2009 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Oren Barak sheds new light on the major political and social developments in Lebanon since its independence by focusing on the emergence of the Lebanese Army, its paralysis during the civil war from 1975 to 1990, and its reconstruction after the war. He discusses the remarkable transformation of a military dominated by one sector of society—the Christian communities, and particularly the Maronites—into one that is characterized by power sharing among Lebanon's various communities, large families, and regions. The book develops a new approach to the study of the role of the military in divided societies by examining military institutions from three intertwined angles: first, as major arenas for social coexistence and conflict; second, as actors that are involved in politics but are also affected by political processes; and third, as actors that promote the process of state formation. This comprehensive look at Lebanon will inform the discussion of other divided societies, such as Afghanistan and Iraq, that face the dual challenge of restoring the political system and the security sector after state failure and intrastate conflict.
Warfare in Lebanon
Title | Warfare in Lebanon PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth J. Alnwick |
Publisher | |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Government publications |
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"To better understand the nature of the sectarian warfare in Lebanon, the National Defense University's Institute for National Strategic Studies and the Central Intelligence Agency co-sponsored a workshop on the Lebanese situation, examining it particularly as an illustration of what is often called 'low-intensity conflict'. This examination, though revealing no easy solution, has clarified the issues in the war, including the complex motives behind Syria's sometimes contradictory actions toward Lebanon. This ... analysis of the Lebanon tragedy examines the major problems the civil war poses for Western policymakers. It treats Lebanon as a possible model for understanding low-intensity conflict elsewhere in the Third World. From such analysis and understanding, the major powers can learn better ways to help resolve similar conflicts"--Foreword.
The Lebanese Forces
Title | The Lebanese Forces PDF eBook |
Author | Samir Mikhael Baradhi |
Publisher | |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Christians |
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Political Rationality and Irrationality
Title | Political Rationality and Irrationality PDF eBook |
Author | Leila El-Tawil Sarieddine |
Publisher | |
Pages | 484 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Coalitions |
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