Table of Contents

Lebanon: The Land and Its People
The First Arab-Israeli War and the Emergence of the Palestinians
The Civil War of 1958
The Six-Days-War, 1967
The P.L.O. and the Cairo Agreement
The Yom Kippur War, 1973
The Lebanese System under Strain: From Kiriat Shmonah to Ein Rumaneh
The Disintegration of the Lebanese Army
From Beirut to Marj Ayoun
The Consolidation of the Eastern Sector
The Western Sector
The Awakening of the Shiites
The Battles of Taibe and El Khiam
Further Expansion: Shuba and El Meri
Operation Cooperative
Syrian and Other Efforts to Influence Haddad
The Litani Operation
The Deployment of UNIFIL
Appendixes
Index