books.google.com - Leila Fawaz's pioneering study tells the story of the 1860 civil wars that began in Mount Lebanon and spilled over into Damascus. This period witnessed the most severe outbreak of sectarian violence in the history of Ottoman Syria and Lebanon. The author's close analytical narrative of the dramatic events...http://books.google.com/books/about/An_Occasion_for_War.html?id=nE7RjS91_E4C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareAn Occasion for War