This is the updated edition of the first comprehensive history of Lebanon in the modern period. Written by a leading Lebanese scholar, and based on previously i

A survey of the country & its people, followed by a brief sketch of early Lebanese history, with more detailed treatment beginning with the reign of Bashir II (

"Hezbollah provides a new, grounded analysis of the controversial and misunderstood Lebanese party. Where previous books have focused on aspects of the party's

-- A stunning history of Lebanon over five centuries --"Skillfully weaving together social, political, cultural and economic history, this deeply informed and p

In 1943, Lebanon gained its formal political independence from France; only after two more decades did the country finally establish a national central bank. In