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1 online resource (viii, 172 pages) : maps. |
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Politics and economics of the Middle East |
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Terrorism, hot spots, and conflict-related issues |
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Politics and economics of the Middle East.
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Terrorism, hot spots and conflict-related issues.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Hezbollah: Background and Issues for Congress; Summary; Overview and Key Issues; Recent U.S. Government Assessments of Hezbollah's Capabilities and Intentions; Background; Hezbollah's Origins15; Hezbollah Today; Political and Military Profile; Organizational Structure29; Ideology and Policies; Implications for Lebanon; Shib'a Farms and other Disputed Areas; Special Tribunal for Lebanon; Syria; Iran; Hezbollah's International Activities; U.S. Efforts and International Efforts to Combat Hezbollah |
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Issues for Congressional Consideration: Potential Options for Weakening HezbollahPossible Diplomatic Strategies; Undermine Hezbollah's "National Resistance" Credentials; Engage Hezbollah; Pressure Syria and Iran; Possible Assistance Strategies; Improve Government Services in Southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley; Promote Structural Political Reform; Increase Military Assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces; Possible Security Strategies; Disarm Hezbollah by Force; Integrate Hezbollah into the LAF; End Notes; Lebanon: Background and U.S. Relations; Summary; Recent Developments |
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Lebanon, Iran, and United Nations SanctionsWeapons Smuggling to Hezbollah and Alleged Missile Transfers; Special Tribunal for Lebanon; U.S. Policy Toward Lebanon; Background; Recent U.S. Assistance to Lebanon; Economic Issues and Trade Relations; Political Profile; Demography; Civil War, Occupation, and Taif Reform; Syrian and Israeli Incursions; Taif Agreement; Syrian Withdrawal and Parliamentary Elections of 2005; Syrian Withdrawal; Parliamentary Elections of 2005; U.N. Resolutions 1595, 1757, and the Tribunal; Sectarianism and Stability; Political Stalemate; Renewed Sectarian Violence |
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Doha AgreementParliamentary Elections 2009; Current Issues in U.S.-Lebanon Relations; Hezbollah; Lebanon's National Dialogue, Hezbollah and Israel; Hezbollah's Al Manar TV; Lebanon-Syria Relations; Unresolved Territorial Disputes; The Shib'a Farms; Ghajar; Extremist Groups in Lebanon; The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF); United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL); U.S. Assistance to Lebanon; Economic Support Funds; Security Assistance71; Budget Transparency; Unexploded Cluster Munitions in Lebanon; Appendix A. U.S. Assistance to Lebanon; Appendix B. Map of Lebanon; End Notes |
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U.S. Security Assistance to LebanonSummary; Background and Congressional Interest; U.S. Security Assistance to Lebanon; Details of U.S. Assistance to the LAF; U.S. State Department-Administered Programs; Foreign Military Financing (FMF); International Military and Education Training (IMET); U.S. Defense Department-Administered Programs; Section 1206; Details of U.S. Assistance to the ISF; Issues for Congress; How Effective is U.S. Security Assistance to Lebanon?; Recent LAF Accomplishments; Vetting and End Use Monitoring; Recent ISF Accomplishments; Vetting and End Use Monitoring |
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Hizballah (Lebanon)
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Hizballah (Lebanon) (OCoLC)fst00648264
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Lebanon War (2006) (OCoLC)fst01755476
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Hizbollah.
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Lebanon -- Politics and government -- 1990-
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Lebanon War, 2006.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Lebanon.
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Lebanon -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Lebanon. (OCoLC)fst01206063
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Politik.
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Libanonkrieg.
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Außenpolitik.
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Lebanon.
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United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General.
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| Added Author |
Carusso, Ileana M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hezbollah and Lebanon. Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, [2011] 9781612095110 (DLC) 2011002545 (OCoLC)695008800 |
| ISBN |
9781536115499 (electronic bk.) |
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1536115495 (electronic bk.) |
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