rs were right wing, it called itself the Socialist Front. The alliance was successful in ousting Khoury, however, and Camille Chamoun became the new president in 1952.
Factionalism became even stronger during the six years in which Chamoun was in office. More than a score of significant factions may be identified in Lebanon. Generally, however, these factions may be viewed as parts of two dominant, if shifting, coalitions the Status Quo Coalition, and the Revi sionist Coalition.12 The leaders of the factions included in the Status Quo Coalition formalized their cooperation, through the establishment of the Lebanese Front.13 The major elements of the Status Quo Coalition were as follows:
1. The Phalange. This part was established by Pierre Jumayyil in the 1930s. It played a key role among Lebanon's Christians, and it is generally an anti Arab organization.14 Originally, the party was both untranationalist and fascist. The latter day Phalangists remain nationalist, but are more militant popu
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