The Struggle for Lebanon - The Regional Struggle for Lebanon

Informationen zum Autor Nasser Kalawoun is a freelance journalist and translator. Zusammenfassung Lebanon has occupied a pivotal position in Middle East politics since the Second World War. Viewed as the "Pearl of the Orient" by Western governments and others with whom it had close relationships, Lebanon was faced with Egyptian hegemony and the tide of pan-Arab nationalism during Nasser’s rule in Cairo. In the late 1950s and 1960s Lebanese leaders of all persuasions faced the constant fear of being swallowed into an Arab-Muslim superstate after the union of Syria and Egypt in 1958.Lebanese-Egyptian relations during the period 1952-70 passed through several phases but the main theme was uneasy co-operation, with Lebanon holding on to an independent role with the strong support of the US before Lebanese politics became engulfed in civil war in the 1970s. Inhaltsverzeichnis The battle over regional defence pacts; Lebanon fails the test at Suez; the Lebanese-UAR dispute of 1958; the era of co-existence; Lebanon between Nasser and Arab radicals; Lebanon and the Cairo Accord; decrease of Egyptian influence since 1971; conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Nasser Kalawoun, Nasser M Kalawoun, Nasser M. Kalawoun
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2000
• EAN: 9781860644238
• ISBN: 978-1-86064-423-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Library of International Relations; Library of International Relat; Library of International Relat; Library of International Relations
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science