TY - BOOK AU - Mackey,Sandra TI - Mirror of the Arab world: Lebanon in conflict SN - 9780393062182 U1 - 956.9204 22 PY - 2008///] CY - New York PB - W. W. Norton and Company KW - Palestinian Arabs KW - Lebanon KW - Shīʻah KW - Religion and state KW - Politics and government KW - 20th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and index; Author's note -- Maps -- Introduction -- A collection of tribes -- The hollow state -- The Palestinians : victims and villains -- Woe be to the state -- Identity in pursuit of a nation -- The rise of the Shia -- A tale of four countries -- Islam as politics -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Selected bibliography -- Index ER -