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BL
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1049272
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bc552
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English
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| Main Entry
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Norton, Augustus R.
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| Title & Author
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Hezbollah : : a short history /\ Augustus Richard Norton ; with a new afterword by the author.
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| Edition Statement
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New paperback edition.
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| Publication Statement
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Princeton :: Princeton University Press,, 2014.
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| Series Statement
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Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (245 pages)
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| ISBN
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9781400851447
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: 1400851440
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9780691160818
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0691160813
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069114107X
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9780691141077
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| Notes
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Previous edition: 2009.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Origins and prehistory of Hezbollah -- Founding of Hezbollah -- Being a Shi ̀a Muslim in the Twentieth Century -- Resistance, terrorism, and violence in Lebanon -- Playing politics -- From celebration to war.
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With Hezbollah's entry into the Lebanese government in 2009 and recent 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. Policymakers in the United States and Israel usually denounce it as a dangerous terrorist group and refuse to engage with it, yet even its adversaries need to contend with its durability and resilient popular support. Although Hezbollah's popularity has declined in many quarters of the Arab world, the Shi'i group-a hybrid of militia, political party, and social service.
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Hizballah (Lebanon)
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Hizballah (Lebanon)
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Ḥizb Allāh
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Islam and politics-- Lebanon.
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Shiites-- Lebanon-- Politics and government.
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Political science.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- Elections.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- General.
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Politics and government
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Islam and politics.
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Political science.
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Shiites-- Politics and government.
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Lebanon, Politics and government, 1975-1990.
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Lebanon, Politics and government, 1990-
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Lebanon.
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| Dewey Classification
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324.25692324.25692082
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| LC Classification
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JQ1828.A98H6263 2014
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