In this book Walid Phares examines the history and evolution of an ethnic community, the Lebanese Christians, and the rise and fall of an ethno-nationalist movement known as "Lebanese Christian Nationalism." Phares identification of the group is based on the formation of a mainly Aramaic-speaking ethnic group in Mount Lebanon as of the 7th century AD/CE, inheriting the ancient Phoenicians who settled Lebanon for the previous 3,000 years or more. The Mount Lebanon Aramaic homeland (Tur-Lebnon) developed a resistance to the Arab Conquests of the 7th century AD/CE known as the Marada (or Mardaites).