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THE SHI'A: The Shi'a of Lebanon: Clans, Parties and Clerics/The Shi'is of Jabal 'Amil and the New Lebanon: Community and Nation-State, 1918-1943
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THE SHI'A The Shi'a of Lebanon: Clans, Parties and Clerics, by Rodger Shanahan. London, UK and New York: LB. Tauris, 2005. xi + 177 pages. Notes to p. 194. Index to p. 208. $75.
The Shi'is of Jabal 'Amil and the New Lebanon: Community and Nation-State, 1918-1943, by Tamara Chalabi. Foreword by Fouad Ajami. London, UK and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. xvii +174 pages. Notes to p. 203. Sel. bibl. to p. 219. Index to p. 227. $69.95.
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No Shi'a-Sunni split here
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US POLICY MAY FORCE SHI'A COOPERATION, ANALYSTS SAY
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