Beware Of Small States

Download or read book Beware of Small States written by David Hirst and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ''Beware of small states, '' wrote the Russian anarchist Michail Bakunin, for they are the victims of greater states, yet a source of danger to them, too. Lebanon - a country half the size of Vermont - might almost have been designed to be the ''small state '' of the Middle East. It 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. In this magisterial history of Lebanon, from the end of the Ottoman rule to the Hizbullah and Hamas wars of today, David Hirst, the acclaimed and fiercely independent Middle East journalist and historian, charts with extraordinary skill and lucidity the intricate interplay between Lebanon and its geopolitical environment. This history of Lebanon is also a history of the whole Middle East and above all, of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Several states from inside the region and beyond have impinged on Lebanon throughout its history, invading, attacking and occupying it, but none has done so more strenuously and disruptively than Israel. Hirst, who has been banned from traveling in six Arab states and was kidnapped twice during Lebanon's civil war, takes an unsparing look at Israel's role, providing extraordinary accounts of the invasions of 1982 and 2006, as well as Israel's ''shock and awe '' attack on Gaza in early 2009. Hirst warns that only serious diplomatic action from the new Obama administration can prevent the next ''proxy war '' spiraling into a conflict that engulfs the entire region.

Download or read book Beware of Small States written by David Hirst and published by Bold Type Books. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Lebanon written by Andrew Arsan and published by Hurst & Company. This book was released on 2018 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reflective examination of everyday life in Lebanon in times of precarity and political torpor.

Download or read book The Gun and the Olive Branch written by David Hirst and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pity the Nation written by Robert Fisk and published by Atheneum Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rarely have the horror and tragedy of war been so graphically--and brilliantly--portrayed as in Robert Fisk's epic account of the Lebanon conflict. A Critical scrutiny of a terrible war that has yet to be resolved.

Download or read book Beware of the Frog written by William Bee and published by Walker. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweet old Mrs. Collywobbles lives on the edge of a big, dark, scary wood, but has a pet frog to protect her from greedy goblins, smelly trolls, and hungry ogres.

Download or read book Beware the Little White Rabbit written by Charlotte Bennardo and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curiosity often leads to trouble... Thirteen enthralling voices in young adult fiction lead you down the rabbit hole in this nod to the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll's timeless character, ALICE. Mystery. Madness. Mayhem. Each story in this collection will intrigue, bewitch, and enchant. From rich historicals, castle towers and deathly plagues, gritty urban explorations, intrepid reporters, would-be car thieves, watchmakers, wormholes, and secret workshops, to the last human in a world ruled by machines. What wonders await, oh curious reader? The white rabbit knows the truth.