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Informationen zum Autor Taku Osoegawa is Research Associate at the Japan Center for Middle Eastern Studies (Beirut), which is part of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews. Klappentext The so-called Cedar Revolution in Lebanon! triggered by the assassination of the former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in February 2005! brought to an end three decades of Syrian military presence in the country. This book challenges the commonly-held claim that Lebanon and its leaders were simple puppets of the Syrian regime. Vorwort The so-called Cedar Revolution in Lebanon, triggered by the assassination of the former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in February 2005, brought to an end three decades of Syrian military presence in the country. This book challenges the commonly-held claim that Lebanon and its leaders were simple puppets of the Syrian regime. Zusammenfassung The so-called Cedar Revolution in Lebanon, triggered by the assassination of the former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in February 2005, brought to an end three decades of Syrian military presence in the country. This book challenges the commonly-held claim that Lebanon and its leaders were simple puppets of the Syrian regime. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: The Analytical Framework 2. Disruption of the Lebanese State and Syrian Intervention (1970–1988) 3. Lebanon from ‘Anarchy’ to ‘Indirect Rule’ under Syria (1988–2005) 4. Lebanon after the End of Syrian Hegemony (since 2005) 5. Conclusion
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The so-called Cedar Revolution in Lebanon, triggered by the assassination of the former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in February 2005, brought to an end three decades of Syrian military presence in the country. This book challenges the commonly-held claim that Lebanon and its leaders were simple puppets of the Syrian regime.
