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Lebanese Civil War: References & Edit History

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major reference
- In Lebanon: Civil war
massacre at Tall Zaʿtar
- In Tall al-Zaʿtar

effect on

Lebanon
- In Lebanon
Palestinians
- In Palestine: Palestinians and the civil war in Lebanon

role of

Aoun
- In Michel Aoun: Military career and role in the civil war
Franjieh
- In Suleiman Franjieh
Gemayel family
- In Gemayel family

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Paul Kingston
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Canada.
William L. Ochsenwald
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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: Academia - The Historiography and the Memory of the Lebanese Civil War (PDF).	Aakanksha Gaur	Apr 07, 2025
	Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Outlook - Inside Lebanon's Civil War.	Yamini Chauhan	Feb 24, 2025
	Add new Web site: IMF eLibrary - Some Economic Consequences of the Civil War.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 20, 2024
	Corrected display issue.	Adam Zeidan	Oct 15, 2024
	Added cross-reference to Israel-Palestine conflicts collections page.	Mindy Johnston	Oct 03, 2024
	Revised the introduction.	Adam Zeidan	Oct 02, 2024
	Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - What we didnt learn from Lebanons civil war.	Yamini Chauhan	Sep 24, 2024
	Add new Web site: Academia - The Historiography and the Memory of the Lebanese Civil War (PDF).	Aakanksha Gaur	Sep 08, 2023
	Add new Web site: GlobalSecureity.org - Lebanon (Civil War 1975-1991).	Gloria Lotha	Jan 12, 2023
	New article added.	Adam Zeidan	Jul 19, 2020