Lebanon - Current Issues & Background
Nicholas Blanford, Killing Mr Lebanon: The Assassination of Rafik Hariri and its Impact on the Middle East (London: IB Tauris, 2006), 1–12. 2. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, 'The Prosecutor v. Mustafa Amine Badreddine, Salim Jamil Ayyash ...
This is not only an illuminating woek on one of the most intractable problems of the Middle East, but a brilliantly conceived and elegantluy written cast study of the phenomenon of nationalism.
Provides an overview of the history, land, plants and animals, people, economy, cities, transportation, government, holidays and festivals, and sports and culture of Lebanon, and includes a glossary, Web site resources for more information, ...
The first decade of independence (1943-1952) was crucial to the political history of Lebanon, following the creation of the state in 1920 and the subsequent years of French tutelage.
No country in the world has more political battles, military conflicts, and ethnic complexity per person and per square mile than does Lebanon. Continually for fifty years, it has seen...
This book provides a vivid and readable account of Lebanon's development since its first emergence in 1585, unravelling the intricacies of the sectarian/religious groups and the special kinds of communities which have sunk 900-year-old ...
Joseph Bayeh argues that it is this international dimension which holds the key to an in-depth understanding of the country.
No More Wars, Please: My Journey from Lebanon to America is an engaging memoir of a man to whom war was an everyday occurrence.
Nearly 3,000 years ago, the area that is now Lebanon was ruled by the powerful Phoenicians.
Crisis in Lebanon