a essay discussing the lebanese civil war, i already wrote the introduction which gives information, note that the introduction cannot be changed.
notes from professor:
– title page with name and essay title
– at least 5 sources
– citations can be any style, choose what is appropiate and has to be consistent
grading:
– mechanics and grammar 10%
– organization, easy to follow and coherent 10%
– references 5%
– citations 5%
– content- well supported ideas 40%
– response to assignment tasks 30%.
we already had to submitt a bibliography of 12-15 sources and i will provide links:
Topic: Lebanese Civil War
1. Book: Fawwaz Traboulsi. “A History of Modern Lebanon.” Pluto Press, 2006.
Carnegie Middle East Center’s webpage is located at https://carnegie-mec.org.
2. Book: “Civil War in Lebanon, 1975-92,” by Edgar O’Ballance. 1998 by Palgrave Macmillan.
Middle East Institute website: https://www.mei.edu/
3. Theodor, Hanf, and Gerd Nonneman. “Cooperative Security and Arms Control in the Middle East.”
Journal Article. Brill, 1992.
International Crisis Group has a website at https://www.crisisgroup.org.
4. Book: “Amal and the Shi’a: Struggle for the Soul of Lebanon,” by Augustus Richard Norton. Texas
University Press, 1987.
Lebanon Support’s webpage is located at https://www.lebanon-support.org.
5. Book: “Lebanon: The Fragile Country,” David Gilmour. 1983, St. Martin’s Press.
Website: https://lebanesestudies.com/, the Lebanese Civil War Collection at the American University
of Beirut
6. Book: Patrick Seale, “Asad: The struggle for the Middle East.” California University Press, 1990.
https://oxfordre.com/middleeasternhistory is the website for the Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of
Middle Eastern history.
7. SAMLAHAF, M. “Civil and Uncivil Violence in Lebanon: A History of the Internationalisation of
Communal Conflict.” Journal Article. Press, Columbia University, 2002.
Website: https://www.usip.org/, the United States Institute of Peace.
Book: Robert Fisk, “Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon.” Oxford University Press, 2001.
Website: http://www.arab-reform.net/, the Arab Reform Initiative
9. Journal Article: Fawaz A. Gerges, “The Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990.” 2001; Palgrave
Macmillan.
https://www.cartercenter.org/ is the website of The Carter Centre.
10. Literary work: Salibi, Kamal S. “A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon
Reconsidered.” California University Press, 1990.
Website: https://lebanesestudies.org/, the Lebanese Studies Association
11. Cambanis, Thanassis. “A Privilege to Die: Inside Hezbollah’s Legions and Their Endless War
Against Israel.” Journal article. 2010, Free Press.
Project Muse’s website (https://about.muse.jhu.edu/)
12. Noam Chomsky and Edward W. Said’s book. “The Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and
the Palestinians.” Haymarket Books, 1999.
Jadaliyya’s website (https://www.jadaliyya.com/)
13. Samir Akkari’s journal article, “The Roots of Lebanon’s 1975 Civil War.” No. 128 of the Middle
East Report (1985): 3–8.
Middle East Forum’s website (https://www.meforum.org/)
14. Book: Ramzy Baroud. “The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story.” 2018, Pluto Press.
Web address: https://www.arabstudiesjournal.org/, the Arab Studies Journal
Haddad, Simon. “Lebanon: Radicalism and Political Instability in an Open Society.” Journal Article.
2014’s Routledge.
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies’ webpage is located at studies.aljazeera.net/en/.
i will also attatch my introduction that i wrote, which cannot be changed.
