{"product_id":"the-charity-of-war-melanie-s-tanielian-9781503603523","title":"The Charity of War: Famine, Humanitarian Aid, and World War I in the Middle East","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the exception of a few targeted aerial bombardments of the city's port, Beirut and Mount Lebanon did not see direct combat in World War I. Yet civilian casualties in this part of the Ottoman Empire reached shocking heights, possibly numbering half a million people. No war, in its usual understanding, took place there, but Lebanon was incontestably war-stricken. As a food crisis escalated into famine, it was the bloodless incursion of starvation and the silent assault of fatal disease that defined everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Charity of War\u003c\/i\u003e tells how the Ottoman home front grappled with total war and how it sought to mitigate starvation and sickness through relief activities. Melanie S. Tanielian examines the wartime famine's reverberations throughout the community: in Beirut's municipal institutions, in its philanthropic and religious organizations, in international agencies, and in the homes of the city's residents. Her local history reveals a dynamic politics of provisioning that was central to civilian experiences in the war, as well as to the Middle Eastern political landscape that emerged post-war. By tracing these responses to the conflict, she demonstrates World War I's immediacy far from the European trenches, in a place where war was a socio-economic and political process rather than a military event.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melanie S. Tanielian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1503603520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503603523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d","brand":"Melanie S. Tanielian","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935272894719,"sku":"9781503603523","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_23cecbce-949b-420a-87d0-8978fb40cbf3.jpg?v=1681418867","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-charity-of-war-melanie-s-tanielian-9781503603523","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}