Coexistence in wartime Lebanon: decline of a state and rise of a nation

Abstract

Conflict regulation and crises in multi-communal states - the proliferation of multi-communal states in the 20th century the Model - coexistence in pre-war Lebanon the clouding horizon - non-Lebanese factors of conflict danse macabre 1975-1988 - parties, masks and steps violence without victory - forms, costs and consequences of war foxes and lions - politicians and militia - leaders' perceptions of conflict coexistence in war - attitudes and opinions of economically active Lebanese 1981-1987 a revocable covenant - a preliminary synopsis the disintegration of the state - the road to dependence, 1988-1990 the two faces of the second republic - trappings of sovereignty, 1990-1992 the emergence of a nation - epilogue and conjectures.