Hezbollah (eBook)

A Short History | Third Edition - Revised and updated with a new preface, conclusion and an entirely new chapter on activities since 2011

Augustus Richard Norton (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018 | 3., Third Edition
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8965-5 (ISBN)

Infos

With Hezbollah's entry into the Lebanese government in 2009 and forceful intervention in the Syrian civil war, the potent Shi'i political and military organization continues to play an enormous role in the Middle East. A hybrid of militia, political party, and social services and public works provider, the group is the most powerful player in Lebanon. Policymakers in the United States and Israel usually denounce Hezbollah as a dangerous terrorist organization and refuse to engage with it, yet even its adversaries need to contend with its durability and resilient popular support. Augustus Richard Norton's incisive account stands as the most lucid, informed, and balanced analysis of Hezbollah yet written--and this fully revised and updated edition features a new prologue and conclusion, as well as two new chapters largely devoted to the group's recent activities, including its involvement in Syria. Hezbollah is a work of perennial importance and remains essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the Middle East.

Autor

Augustus Richard Norton is professor of international relations and anthropology at Boston University and a fellow of the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies. A former U.S. Army officer and West Point professor, he has conducted research in Lebanon for more than three decades.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.9.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
• Zusatzinfo: 10 b/w illus., 1 tables, 2 maps
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: 2003 Invasion of Iraq • 2006 Lebanon War • Abbas al-Musawi • activism • Ali al-Sistani • Ali Khamenei • Ali Shariati • Al-Jazeera (Jordan) • Al-Manar • Al-Qaeda • Amal Movement • arab spring • assassination • Baalbek • Bahrain • Bashar al-Assad • Beirut • Beqaa Valley • Caliphate • car bomb • Druze • Electoral district • Fatah • Fatwa • Fouad Siniora • Free Syrian Army • Hafez al-Assad • HAMAS • Hassan Nasrallah • hegemony • Hosni Mubarak • Houthis • Husayn ibn Ali • Ideology • Imad Mughniyah • Iranian Revolution • Islam • Islamic Republic • Islamism • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli-occupied territories • Israelis • Jews • Jihad al-Bina • Jihadism • Journal of Palestine Studies • Journal of Peace Research • Karbala • Kurds • Kuwait • Lebanese Armed Forces • Lebanese Civil War • Lebanese National Movement • Michel Aoun • Michel Suleiman • Militant (Trotskyist group) • Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah • Muhammad • Muharram • Muqtada al-Sadr • Musa al-Sadr • Nabih Berri • Palestinian refugees • palestinians • Political Party • Politician • Politics • Politics of Lebanon • Qana • Rafic Hariri • Refugee • Refugee camp • remittance • Rojava • Ruhollah Khomeini • Saad Hariri • Saddam Hussein • Saudi Arabia • Saudis • sayyid • Secularism • Shams al-Din • Southern Lebanon • Subhi al-Tufayli • Subsidy • suburb • Suleiman • Sunni Islam • Syrian Armed Forces • Syrian Civil War • Syrian Democratic Forces • syrians • Syrian Social Nationalist Party • terrorism • United Arab Emirates • United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon • war • warfare • War of the Camps
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8965-0 / 1400889650
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8965-5 / 9781400889655