Pax Syriana: Elite Politics in Postwar Lebanon

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Pax Syriana Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Series Editor Other titles in Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East Britain and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906–1911: Foreign Policy, Imperialism, and Dissent Mansour Bonakdarian Class and Labor in Iran: Did the Revolution Matter? Farhad Nomani and Sohrab Behdad Democracy and Civil Society in Arab Political Thought: Transcultural Possibilities Michaelle L. Browers The Essentials of Ibād ˙ ı̄ Islam Valerie J. Hoffman Globalization and the Muslim World: Culture, Religion, and Modernity Birgit Schaebler and Leif Stenberg, eds. God and Juggernaut: Iran’s Intellectual Encounter with Modernity Farzin Vahdat A Guerrilla Odyssey: Modernization, Secularism, Democracy, and the Fadai Period of National Liberation in Iran, 1971–1979 Peyman Vahabzadeh The International Politics of the Persian Gulf Mehran Kamrava, ed. The Kurdish Quasi-State: Development and Dependency in Post–Gulf War Iraq Denise Natali The Urban Social History of the Middle East, 1750–1950 Peter Sluglett, ed. Pax Syriana Elite Politics in Postwar Lebanon Rola el-Husseini With a Foreword by Ryan Crocker Syracuse University Press Copyright © 2012 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244-5290 All Rights Reserved First Edition 2012 12 13 14 15 16 17 6 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. For a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit our website at SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu. ISBN: 978-0-8156-3304-4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data El-Husseini, Rola. Pax Syriana : elite politics in postwar Lebanon / Rola el-Husseini ; with a Foreword by Ryan Crocker. — First edition. pages cm. — (Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8156-3304-4 (cloth : alkaline paper) 1. Lebanon—Politics and government—1990– 2. Lebanon—Politics and government—1975–1990. 3. Lebanon—History—Civil War, 1975–1990—Peace. 4. Lebanon—Foreign relations—Treaties. 5. Ta’if Agreement (1989) 6. Elite (Social sciences)— Political activity—Lebanon—History—20th century. 7. Elite (Social sciences)— Political activity—Lebanon—History—21st century. 8. Lebanon—Foreign relations—Syria. 9. Syria—Foreign relations—Lebanon. 10. Hizballah (Lebanon) I. Title. DS87.54.E44 2012 956.9204'4—dc23 2012034802 Manufactured in the United States of America To my parents Rola el-Husseini is a research assistant professor at the Middle Eastern and Middle Eastern American Center, City University of New York–Graduate Center. She has previously held positions at Texas A&M University and Yale University. Her publications have appeared in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East; the Middle East Journal; Orient ; and the Third World Quarterly. ...