Asia Opinion

The internal and external dynamics of Lebanon’s civil war were important factors in Hezbollah’s rise and its course of development. However, it was Syria’s gradual political ascendancy in Lebanon and the post-war role it achieved in that country that enabled...

A sustained military campaign against a regional superpower like Israel requires considerable planning, funding and logistics. How did the handful of Lebanese Shiite mullahs managing Hezbollah wind up with the support they needed to face down the Israelis and the...

Chapter One Hezbollah’s Version of Political Islam Islam’, ‘Muslim’, ‘fundamentalist’, ‘jihad’-these words resonated in the USA, Europe and around the world and were associated with mindless terrorism after the catastrophes of 11 September 2001. When America’s most wanted terrorist list was published...

By Judith Palmerr Harik I. B. Tauris, 2005 Contents Chapter One: Hezbollah’s Version of Political Islam Chapter Two: Hezbollah and the Outside World Chapter Three: The Mechanics of Hezbollah’s Transformation from Radical Militia to Mainstream Party Chapter Four: Managing the ‘True Believers’ Chapter Five: Squaring Jihad with...