It takes the average reader and 47 minutes to read Walking on Knife's Edge by Esther Kaplan
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Despite the presence of exogenous internal divisions, Lebanon was not destined to become the embattled state that it is today. Rather, the Arab-Israeli conflict has both brought external conflict to Lebanon's doorstep and taken Lebanon's domestic affairs hostage. While this paper will acknowledge that the Lebanese political system of consociationalism is indeed a root cause of much of Lebanon's instability, it will argue against the point that Lebanon's system of government is currently the biggest hurdle to reconciliation. This paper will argue that although Lebanon's system of consociational government has played a major role in hampering domestic political stability and national reconciliation, the most significant factor that has hamstrung the formation of a stable, sovereign, reconciled Lebanon is the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Arab-Israeli conflict gave Syria both the compelling motive--strengthening its position against Israel--and the opportunity--the Lebanese Civil War, for which the catalyst was the presence of Palestinian refugees resulting from Israel's inception--to force itself into a position of control over Lebanese politics. All of this was made easier by the inherent weakness of the Lebanese state. That the Arab-Israeli conflict continues with no sign of being resolved perpetuates the hampering of national reconciliation and the instability of the Lebanese state.
Walking on Knife's Edge by Esther Kaplan is 46 pages long, and a total of 11,776 words.
This makes it 16% the length of the average book. It also has 14% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 4 minutes to read Walking on Knife's Edge aloud.
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