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Contents Foreword, Ryan Crocker ix Acknowledgments xi Note on Transliteration xiii Introduction xv 1. The Lebanese Political System The Elite Pacts of 1943 and 1989 1 2. Postwar Elite Interaction 23 3. Political Parties 38 4. State Elites and the Legacy of Corruption 86 5. Strategic Elites 122 6. Emerging Elites and the Absence of Women from Politics 160 7. Elite Attitudes on Syria and Sectarianism 187 Conclusion 214 Who’s Who of Lebanese Politics 223 Lebanese Political Timeline (1989–2005) 231 Notes 233 Glossary of Arabic Terms 267 Bibliography 269 Index 291 ...