Camille Chamoun
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Camille Nimr Chamoun was a Lebanese politician and statesman who served as the 2nd president of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958. He was one of the country's main Christian leaders during most of the Lebanes
Official portrait, 1952
Chamoun aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1953
An elderly Chamoun with Bachir Gemayel during the Lebanese Civil War
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1958 Lebanon crisis
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The 1958 Lebanon crisis was a political crisis in Lebanon caused by political and religious tensions in the country that included an American military intervention, which lasted for around three month
Camille Chamoun
…increased during his rule, and he concentrated power around the presidency. He attempted to seek an unconstitutional second term, which culminated in the 1958 Lebanon crisis between Chamoun's supporters and Muslim-dominated Nasserites, during which Chamoun attained American military intervention. American mediation ended…
American Marine in a foxhole outside Beirut
US Marines on patrol in Beirut