Hezbollah

This is an important and interesting book that should be read by anyone wanting to understand the Hizballah phenomenon. -- Eyal Zisser * Bustan: The Middle East Book Review *
This book provides a most interesting account of the Hezbollah phenomenon by examining the dynamics of socialization of the movement. It highlights in an extremely usefully way the interaction between the nature of conflict in Lebanon and in the region, and the formation of an adaptative Hezbollah identity and practice.' -- Frédéric Volpi, University of Edinburgh
In his exquisite study, Hezbollah: Socialization and its Tragic Ironies, Adham Saouli places Hezbollah somewhere between domestic Lebanese politics and its armed struggles against Israel. On one side the narrative battles of a militant subnational consciousness and on the other an asymmetrical warfare with a massive military machinery:　 Hezbollah here in fact emerges as a postnational twist to Schmittean concept of the political, crafting militant virtues out of existential threats to its very viability. Impeccably researched, thoroughly documented, judiciously balanced, and beautifully written, Adham Saouli’s book sets a new measure for a new generation of scholarship in this field.' -- Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University
This theoretically innovative and empirically rich treatment of Hezbollah’s socialisation disrupts many myths about the organization. In situating its trajectory within both Hobbesian and Lockean anarchical spheres, Saouli demonstrates the flexibility and responsiveness of the group to its immediate domestic and regional surroundings.' -- Samer Abboud, Associate Professor Global Interdisciplinary Studies, Villanova University