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Article: THE STRUGGLE FOR LEBANON.(Review)
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- The Middle East
- Article date:
- October 1, 2000
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THE STRUGGLE FOR LEBANON A Modern History of Lebanese-Egyptian Relations by Nasser M Kalawoun published by IB TAURIS ISBN 1 86064 423 6 price 39.50 [pounds sterling] hardback
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. Faced with Egyptian hegemony and the tide of pan-Arab nationalism during Nassau's rule in Cairo during 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 which formed ...