The Druze and the Maronites arguably the two founding communities
of modern Lebanon have the reputation of being primordial enemies.
Makram Rabah attempts to gauge the impact of collective memory on
determining the course and the nature of the conflict between these
communities in Mount Lebanon. He takes as his focus 'the War of the
Mountain' in 1982, reconstructing the events of this war through
the framework of collective remembrance and oral history.He
challenges the idea that these group identities were constructed by
their respective centres of power within the Maronite and Druze
community, providing an alternative to the prevailing
meta-narrative. Telling the stories of the many people who took
part in these events, or who simply suffered as a consequence,
helps to expose the intrinsic motives which led to this conflict
and makes a valuable contribution to the field of Lebanese
historical scholarship.
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