ISBN:
1435615867
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9781435615861
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9781845112943
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 210 p.)
Series Statement:
Library of Middle East history v. 11
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
956.91042
Keywords:
Geschichte 1943-1950
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HISTORY / General
;
Nationenbildung
;
Politik
;
Politik
;
Libanon
;
Syrien
;
Syrien
;
Politik
;
Libanon
;
Geschichte 1943-1950
Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-205) and index
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1 - Syrian Arab nationalists : independence first -- - 2 - functional aspects of bilateral relations -- - 3 - customs union : the cause of discord -- - 4 - Oil and grain -- - 5 - Functional separation -- - 6 - Military rule in Damascus and relations with Beirut
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The complex relationship between Syria and Lebanon is the political fulcrum of the Middle East, and has dominated headlines since the withdrawal of French colonial forces from the Levant in 1943. One of the great paradoxes of this relationship is how two such very different political systems emerged in what many Syrian and Lebanese people see as one society. At the time of independence, it was assumed that only the divide-and-rule strategies of foreign powers kept the Arab peoples artificially separated. In this major new book, Youssef Chaitani examines how, despite the prevalence of Arab nationalism and the regression of imperial interference, Syria and Lebanon became more divided, rather than more integrated in the post-independence period. Drawing on untapped sources from the archives of Western foreign offices and the local press, Chaitani uncovers the strategies and motivations of both countries' elites during this period, and produces conclusions which have major implications for our understanding of Arab nationalism, as well as the complexities of the Syrian-Lebanese relationship
DOI:
10.5040/9780755609796
URL:
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