Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781568586571)

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: David Hirst
ISBN-10: 1568586574
ISBN-13: 9781568586571
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Language: English
Published: 03/08/2011
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.40d