Ziad Abu-Rish is Associate Professor of Human Rights and Middle East Studies at Bard College.

"The State of Lebanon is one of the most thoroughly and comprehensively researched books I have ever read. This, combined with Ziad Abu-Rish's analytical rigor, means that this groundbreaking work will undoubtedly become a major (if not the major) work of reference on Lebanese history post-independence."—Ilham Khuri-Makdisi, Northeastern University"Ziad Abu-Rish frees the reader from the bias of hindsight, examining the politics of early independence Lebanon on their own terms. This immersive account offers an illuminating social, institutional, and political economic history of 1943–55, a critically understudied period, and reshapes our understanding of Lebanon's past and present."—Nisreen Salti, American University of Beirut"The State of Lebanon is the impressive culmination of sustained, thought-provoking research on Lebanon. Through Ziad Abu-Rish's analysis, we come to understand both the competing political visions associated with state-building and the various popular struggles that at times challenged dominant institutional aspirations. Far from being a case of Lebanese exceptionalism, the patterns he identifies are of central importance to scholars of state-formation more generally."—Lisa Wedeen, University of Chicago

Ziad Abu-Rish is Associate Professor of Human Rights and Middle East Studies at Bard College.

"The State of Lebanon is one of the most thoroughly and comprehensively researched books I have ever read. This, combined with Ziad Abu-Rish's analytical rigor, means that this groundbreaking work will undoubtedly become a major (if not the major) work of reference on Lebanese history post-independence."—Ilham Khuri-Makdisi, Northeastern University"Ziad Abu-Rish frees the reader from the bias of hindsight, examining the politics of early independence Lebanon on their own terms. This immersive account offers an illuminating social, institutional, and political economic history of 1943–55, a critically understudied period, and reshapes our understanding of Lebanon's past and present."—Nisreen Salti, American University of Beirut"The State of Lebanon is the impressive culmination of sustained, thought-provoking research on Lebanon. Through Ziad Abu-Rish's analysis, we come to understand both the competing political visions associated with state-building and the various popular struggles that at times challenged dominant institutional aspirations. Far from being a case of Lebanese exceptionalism, the patterns he identifies are of central importance to scholars of state-formation more generally."—Lisa Wedeen, University of Chicago

Ziad Abu-Rish is Associate Professor of Human Rights and Middle East Studies at Bard College.

"The State of Lebanon is one of the most thoroughly and comprehensively researched books I have ever read. This, combined with Ziad Abu-Rish's analytical rigor, means that this groundbreaking work will undoubtedly become a major (if not the major) work of reference on Lebanese history post-independence."—Ilham Khuri-Makdisi, Northeastern University"Ziad Abu-Rish frees the reader from the bias of hindsight, examining the politics of early independence Lebanon on their own terms. This immersive account offers an illuminating social, institutional, and political economic history of 1943–55, a critically understudied period, and reshapes our understanding of Lebanon's past and present."—Nisreen Salti, American University of Beirut"The State of Lebanon is the impressive culmination of sustained, thought-provoking research on Lebanon. Through Ziad Abu-Rish's analysis, we come to understand both the competing political visions associated with state-building and the various popular struggles that at times challenged dominant institutional aspirations. Far from being a case of Lebanese exceptionalism, the patterns he identifies are of central importance to scholars of state-formation more generally."—Lisa Wedeen, University of Chicago