Contested frontiers in the Syria-Lebanon-Israel region: cartography, sovereignty, and conflict

Abstract

Introduction : the formation of the tri-border region, 1918-1924 --. - Colonial mapping --. - Mapping the mandates --. - After independence --. - The United Nations : mapping, mediating, peacekeeping, 1949-2000 --. - Cartographic wars : the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon and beyond --. - The making of the tri-border region, 1924-1949 --. - During and between wars, 1949-1973 --. - Fatahland : how Lebanon became a frontier state --. - Whose water is this? : boundaries and hydropolitics --. - Crossing boundaries : the trans-Arabian pipeline and the Arab-Israeli conflict --. - A fabricated border quandary --. - The Shebaa farms, Hizbullah, and Lebanese sovereignty --. - Joha's nail? : Israel and the Shebaa farms --. - Resolving the dispute? : the United Nations in the tri-border region, 2000-2010