Table of Contents: “…Prologue to the third edition -- Prologue -- Origins and prehistory of Hezbollah -- The founding of Hezbollah -- Being a shi'i Muslim in the twenty-first century -- Resistance, terrorism, and violence in Lebanon -- Playing politics -- From celebration to war -- Acclaim gives way to enmity -- Hezbollah's Syrian entanglement -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Additional reading -- Sources cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Researching Hezbollah's Clandestine Activities; 1 The Party of God Is Born; 2 Branching Out: Targeting Westerners in Lebanon and Beyond; 3 Hezbollah's European Debut; 4 Bombings in Buenos Aires; 5 A Near Miss in Bangkok; 6 Beirut to the Blue Ridge: Hezbollah Comes to North America; 7 Bombing Khobar Towers; 8 Unit 1800: Targeting the Israeli Heartland; 9 Finance and Logistics in Africa; 10 Unit 3800: Hezbollah in Iraq; 11 Party of Fraud: Hezbollah's Criminal Enterprise in America; 12 Shadow War; Afterword; Selected Bibliography; About the Author.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Researching Hezbollah's Clandestine Activities -- The Party of God Is Born -- Branching Out : Targeting Westerners in Lebanon and Beyond -- Hezbollah's European Debut -- Bombings in Buenos Aires -- A Near Miss in Bangkok -- Beirut to the Blue Ridge : Hezbollah Comes to North America -- Bombing Khobar Towers -- Unit 1800 : Targeting the Israeli Heartland -- Finance and Logistics in Africa -- Unit 3800 : Hezbollah in Iraq -- Party of Fraud : Hezbollah's Criminal Enterprise in America -- Shadow War.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Sectarianism and the Lebanese political economy : Hezbollah's origins -- Hezbollah and the political economy of Lebanese neoliberalism -- Lebanese class structure under neoliberalism -- Hezbollah and Shi'a civil society -- Hezbollah and the Lebanese labor movement -- Hezbollah's military apparatus -- Hezbollah and revolutionary processes in the Middle East and North Africa since 2011 -- Conclusion.…”
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Table of Contents: “…-- On socialisation and its discontents -- Being Hezbollah -- Hezbollah makes war, war makes Hezbollah -- War-making as international socialisation -- Tragic ironies -- Conclusion.…”
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Table of Contents: “…The party of God is born -- Branching out: targeting Westerners in Lebanon and beyond -- Hezbollah's European debut -- Bombings in Buenos Aires -- A near miss in Bangkok -- Beirut to the Blue Ridge: Hezbollah comes to North America -- Bombing Khobar Towers -- Unit 1800: targeting the Israeli heartland -- Finance and logistics in Africa -- Unit 3800: Hezbollah in Iraq -- Party of fraud: Hezbollah's criminal enterprise in America -- Shadow war.…”

Table of Contents: “…Origins and prehistory of Hezbollah. The rise of Shiʻi politics from the mid-twentieth century to the Lebanese Civil War ; The role of Musa al-Sadr ; The resurgence of Amal -- The founding of Hezbollah. …”

Table of Contents: “…Social protest movements: theoretical framework -- Development of social movements in Muslim society: the phenomenon and its characteristics -- The Shiite Community in Lebanon and the background for Hezbollah's emergence -- Expansion and institutionalization of the movement: constraints and adaptation -- Political institutionalization and public discourse: adaptation and legitimization -- Hezbollah as a player in the Lebanese political arena: mutual influences -- Hezbollah as a regional player -- Hezbollah as a player in the international arena -- Hezbollah between the IDF's withdrawal from Lebanon in May 2000 and the Second Lebanon War in July 2006 -- Summary and conclusions.…”

Table of Contents: “…Shattered Hegemony and the Beginning of Hezbollah --…”
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Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Terrorism and hostage taking -- Patriarch Sfair : the conscience of Lebanon -- The anti-Syrian opposition movement gathers strength -- The Cedar Revolution -- The unholy alliance versus the Cedar Revolution -- Hezbollah provokes a war with Israel : July 12- August 14, 2006 -- The international Special Tribunal for Lebanon -- A growing opposition to Hezbollah and Amal in the Shi'ite community -- The Lebanese army defeats the terrorist organization Fatah al-Islam -- Hexbollah uses force against Saad al-Hariri and Walid Jumblatt in Beirut and Mount Lebanon -- The parliamentary elections of June 2009 and the Saad al-Hariri Cabinet -- The indictment of leading Hezbollah members in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri -- The revolution in Syria -- Iran and Hezbollah are actively supporting the al-Assad regime -- Present al-Assad continues his terrorist war on Lebanon -- Conclusion -- Personal note.…”

Table of Contents: “…Strategic adaptation -- IDF "routine security" and the evolution of Hezbollah (1985-1992) -- Deterrence, guerilla warfare, and the establishment of the "rules of the game" (1993-1999) -- A change in the strategic equation : the IDF withdrawal from Lebanon -- The erosion of deterrence, the 2006 war, and the Dahiyah doctrine (2000-2017) -- Conclusion to part I : strategic adaptation -- Operational adaptation -- The source and origins of the RMA in Israel -- The RMA "in action" : IDF operations in Lebanon and Hezbollah's adaptation in the 1990s -- The rise of the IDF's Operational Theory Research Institute and systemic operational design -- The 2006 Lebanon war : military adaptation and counter-adaptation -- The "blame game" : a reappraisal of the IDF's 2006 operational concept -- Conclusion to part II : operational adaptation -- Conclusions -- Afterword : back to the future : IDF force planning and Hezbollah's military adaptation in Syria.…”
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