Beware of Small States Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East

by Hirst, David

• ISBN13: 9781568586571
• ISBN10: 1568586574
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-08
• Publisher: Bold Type Books

Summary

In this magisterial history of Lebanon, from the end of Ottoman rule to the Hezbollah and Hamas wars of today, acclaimed and fiercely independent Middle East journalist and historian David Hirst charts the interplay between a uniquely complex country and the broader struggles of the modern Middle East. Lebanon is the battleground on which the region's greater states pursue their strategic, political, and ideological conflicts--conflicts that sometimes escalate into full-scale proxy wars. Hirst warns that only serious diplomatic action from the Obama administration can prevent the next such action from engulfing the entire region.

Author Biography

Dravid Hirst was for many years the Middle Eastern correspondent of the Guardian. He contributes to the Christian Science Monitor, Irish Times, St. Petersburg Times, Newsday, San Francisco Chronicle, and Beirut Daily Star.

Table of Contents

Maps page	p. IX
Acknowledgements	p. XIII
The Seeds of Conflict: 1860-1923	p. 1
Zionists and Maronites: An inadmissible affair: 1923-1948	p. 22
The Reckoning Delayed: Lebanon escapes the consequences of the catastrophe: 1948-1967	p. 45
Lebanon and the Palestinians: The road to civil war: 1967-1975	p. 75
Civil War in Lebanon: Proxy war for everyone else: 1975-1976	p. 99
Imperial Hubris: Israel wages 'chosen war' in Lebanon: 1977-1982	p. 116
The Massacre of Sabra and Shatila: Israel's imperial nemesis: 1982-1985	p. 148
Khomeini, Islamists and the Shiite Uprising 1979-1985	p. 174
The Civil War Closes: Hizbullah rises: 1985-1992	p. 206
Triumph of the Warrior-Priest: Hassan Nasrallah humbles Zion: 1992-2000	p. 243
Redrawing the Map of the Middle East: 2001-2006	p. 279
Getting Syria Out of Lebanon: 2004-2006	p. 297
The Sixth War: 2006	p. 328
Who Won?: 2006-2008	p. 375
Gaza: 2009	p. 398
Epilogue Obaman Peace - Or Seventh War?	p. 419
Notes	p. 428
Index	p. 461
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