A standard academic history of Lebanon from the late Ottoman period through the twenty-first century, arguing that the Civil War's confessional fault lines reflected the country's power-sharing structure and economic inequality rather than being themselves the war's cause.
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Second edition of a widely assigned academic survey by a Lebanese historian at the American University of Beirut, standing behind the atlas's reading of the war as sectarian in how it was fought rather than religious in why it began. NotesSecond edition of a widely assigned academic survey by a Lebanese historian at the American University of Beirut, standing behind the atlas's reading of the war as sectarian in how it was fought rather than religious in why it began.
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AuthorFawwaz Traboulsi
PublisherPluto Press
Publication Year2012
Source TypeScholarly work
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This source names Lebanon directly: "A standard academic history of Lebanon from the late Ottoman period through the twenty-first century, arguing that the Civil War's confessional fault lines reflected the country's power-sharing..."
Claims Backed By This Source (27 claims)
This source backs 27 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 6 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Wars & Conflicts, 13 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 6 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Denominations, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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