Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East

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

Publisher: Bold Type Books

Publication Date: Mar 08, 2011

Number of Pages: 496 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1568586574

ISBN-13: 9781568586571