French-mandated state declared 1 September 1920, uniting Mount Lebanon with Beirut, the Bekaa Valley, Tripoli, Tyre and Sidon; renamed the Lebanese Republic in May 1926 while remaining under French mandate authority.
Declared independence in November 1943 (the National Pact); the last French troops withdrew by the end of 1946.
Standard critical history of how modern Lebanon's communities and borders were assembled, including the 1920 French creation of Greater Lebanon.