Lebanon : the Politics of Frustration--The Failed Coup of 1961.

Lebanon : the Politics of Frustration--The Failed Coup of 1961.

Lebanon examines the ideological, political and social underpinnings of the attempted coup against General Chihab's government in Lebanon in 1961. The author analyzes the role of the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party, the history of the army in Lebanon and it role in Lebanese politics and the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beshara, Adel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Series:History and society in the Islamic world.
Subjects:
Ḥizb al-Sūrī al-Qawmī al-Ijtimāʻī.
Ḥizb al-Sūrī al-Qawmī al-Ijtimāʻī
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Lebanon: The politics of frustration
  • the failed coup of 1961
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • General remarks and notes on transliteration
  • Introduction
  • 1. The coup d'etat in theory and practice
  • 2. A legacy of frustration:SSNP-Lebanese state relations(1935-1958)
  • 3. Escalating frustration:SSNP-Lebanese state relations under Chehab
  • 4. Military frustration: The Lebanese military under Chehab
  • 5. Political frustration: The Lebanese polity under Chehab
  • 6. The 1961 coup attempt against Chehab: A re-construction
  • 7. The effects of the abortive coup on Lebanon
  • 8. The effects of the plot on the SSNP and the military conspirators
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index.

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