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Intro -- Civil-Military Relations in Lebanon -- Foreword -- Contents -- List of Figures -- The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): A United Army for a Divided Country? -- Introduction -- A Neutral Army? -- Civil War (1975-1990) -- Post-Civil War DDR-Process -- Post-Civil War Reform -- Elite Rivalry and LAF Recruitment -- The Beirut Spring -- The 2006 'July War' -- Attacking the LAF -- Trust in the LAF -- Beirut Clashes -- National Defence Strategy? -- Growing Sunni-Shia Tensions -- Targeting the LAF -- Strengthening the LAF -- The Tripoli Tripwire -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- The Lebanese Army After the Syrian Crisis: Alienating the Sunni Community? -- The Army Before the Syrian Crisis -- Group Formation in Lebanon's Security Sector -- Narratives of Injustice in Northern Lebanon -- From Contestation in Northern Lebanon to Confrontation in the South -- Sunni Defiance Against Hizbollah and the LAF in Arsal -- The Political Impact in Tripoli -- The Crisis of Sunni Political Organizations -- The Passage of Sunni Leadership? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Allure of the Army? Recruiting Rural Youth in the Lebanese Armed Forces -- Introduction -- Studying Army Recruitment -- Contextualizing the Lebanese Armed Forces -- Balanced Recruitment and Sectarian Quotas -- Understanding Akkar -- The Allure of the Army -- Obstacles and Challenges -- Discussion and Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Patrolling a Proxy War: Citizens, Soldiers and Zuʻama in Syria Street, Tripoli -- Introduction -- Tripoli's Troubles -- Popular Rebellions -- Street and Strife -- Patronage Politics -- Party Politics? -- Engineering Elections -- Conflict Entrepreneurs -- Army Dilemma -- Army Crackdown -- From Zaʻim to Soldier: The Sunni Resurgence -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Gendering (In-)Security: The Army, Barriers and Frontiers in Urban Tripoli. Public Space: Theory and Method -- Limitations to Women's Mobility -- United in Fear -- Mobility and Immobility in Urban Tripoli -- Unpredictability and Insecurity -- Gender and Religion -- Navigating and Crossing Borders During Conflict -- Communitarian Public Space -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Palestinian Camp-Military Relations in Lebanon: The Case of Nahr al-Bared -- Introduction -- Situating Camp-Military Relations -- Situating Nahr al-Bared -- Crisis Threshold -- The State of Exception -- Post-Disaster Planning in Nahr al-Bared -- Governing the Camp -- The 2012 Uprising -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Postscript: The Lebanese Armed Forces in Regional Perspective -- Notes -- References -- Index.