Challenges the commonly-held claim that Lebanon and its leaders were simple puppets of the Syrian regime during the thrity years characterised as Lebanon under Syrian hegemony..

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The so-called Cedar Revolution in Lebanon, triggered by the assassination of the former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in February 2005, brought to an end three decades of Syrian military presence in the country. This book challenges the commonly-held claim that Lebanon and its leaders were simple puppets of the Syrian regime.