Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Note on Transliteration - Introduction - The Idea of an Alliance: Israeli-Maronite Relations, 1920-1948 - The Birth of a State and the Rebirth of a Relationship, 1948-1955 - The First Lebanese Civil War - Between the Two Wars: the Emergence of the Palestinian Threat - Disintegration of a State: the Maronites turn towards Israel - The Revival of the Minority Alliance - The Rise and Fall of the Alliance - Illusions and Delusions - Perceptions: The Key to understanding the Alliance - Conclusion: Six Decades of Israeli-Maronite Relations - Bibliography - Index