Hezbollah: A Short History
In: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics Ser v.69
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Prologue to the Third Edition -- Prologue -- Chapter 1 Origins and Prehistory of Hezbollah -- The Rise of Shi'i Politics from the Mid-twentieth Century to the Lebanese Civil War -- The Role of Musa al-Sadr -- The Resurgence of Amal -- Chapter 2 The Founding of Hezbollah -- The Iraq Connection -- The 1982 Israeli Invasion -- Hezbollah Emerges -- The Hezbollah Worldview -- Implementing the Design -- Chapter 3 Being a Shi'i Muslim in the Twenty-first Century -- Ritual and Identity -- The Intersection of Ritual and Politics -- Chapter 4 Resistance, Terrorism, and Violence in Lebanon -- Hezbollah and Terrorism -- Occupation in Southern Lebanon -- The "Rules of the Game" -- The 2000 Israeli Withdrawal -- Chapter 5 Playing Politics -- Hezbollah's Decision to Participate -- Municipal Elections -- The Revolt of the Hungry -- The Rich Texture of Shi'i Institutions -- Chapter 6 From Celebration to War -- The Changing Social Tapestry in Post-Civil War Lebanon -- Lebanon's Love-Hate Relationship with Rafiq al-Hariri, and His Assassination -- Setting the Stage for War -- The Start of Hostilities, July 2006 -- Prosecuting the War -- Postwar Reactions -- Hezbollah in a Fractured Postwar Lebanon -- Chapter 7 Acclaim Gives Way to Enmity -- 2009 Parliamentary Elections -- A Change of Tone and a Tweaking of Ideology -- Worsening Relations with Egypt -- The Special Tribunal for Lebanon-and Lebanese-Syrian Relations -- Widening Rifts within Lebanon -- International Ostracism of Hezbollah -- Sunni-Shi'i Tensions -- Chapter 8 Hezbollah's Syrian Entanglement -- Conclusion -- U.S.-Iran Conflict? -- A Bizarre Resignation -- The Astana Process and the Overlapping Interests of Iran and Turkey -- The Dismantling of the ISIS Caliphate -- Lebanon's Problematic Economic Picture -- Another Israel-Hezbollah War? -- Navigating Hostile Seas
