Introduction: This is the American policy? -- Sparks in the tinderbox: the United States, the June war, and the re-making of the Lebanese crisis -- Compromise in Cairo: the Nixon administration and the Cairo agreement -- From Cairo to Amman: the United States and Lebanese internal security -- Plus cʹa change: international terrorism, detente and the May 1973 crisis -- Reckoning postponed: from the October war to the civil war -- Disturbing potential: the United States and the renewed conflict -- Reluctant interveners: the red line agreement and Brown's mediation -- Taking its course: the Syrian intervention and its limits -- Epilogue: The cycle continues.
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