Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: The "Party of God": An Itinerary (1982- 2009) -- 1. 1982/1985-1991: A Militia of Professional Revolutionaries for the Disinherited Fringe -- 2. 1992-2000: A State within the State, the Vietcong in the Heart of Singapore -- 3. 2000-2009: A Model of Recovered Pride, a Contested National Party -- Part II: Documents of the Hezbollah -- Open Letter: February 16, 1985 -- Political Charter: November 30, 2009 -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Lexicon -- Appendix B: Portraits -- Appendix C: Cadres of the Hezbollah -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.