7 HISTORY MEETS THE BATTLEFIELD

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FIGURES viii
4. NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND STYLE xi
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xii
6. Map: Operation Peace for Gallilee xviii
7. INTRODUCTION 1
8. 1 STUDYING THE DRUZE–MARONITE CONFLICT THROUGH THE PRISM OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND ORAL HISTORY 7
9. 2 THE DRUZE AND THE MARONITES: PERCEPTIONS OF THE OTHER 35
10. 3 THE COMMUNAL CENTRES OF POWER AND ELEMENTS OF COLLECTIVE IDENTITY 77
11. 4 THE ROAD TO CONFLICT 130
12. 5 THE POINT OF NO RETURN 167
13. 6 THE WAR OF OTHERS VS DRUZE–MARONITE COLLECTIVE ANIMOSITY 198
14. 7 HISTORY MEETS THE BATTLEFIELD 230
15. 8 POST-CONFLICT REHASHING AND THE PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY 262
16. CONCLUSION 291
17. APPENDIX TABLE OF INTERVIEWS 301
18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 303
19. INDEX 314