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From Publishers Weekly
Fisk, a former Middle East correspondent for the London Times , details violence, sundry political factions, the 1982 invasion of Israel, the efforts of the multinational peace-keeping force and the taking of Western hostages. "A passionate and often angry book describing how Lebanon 'humiliated the West, brought shame upon Israel, corrupted the Syrians and destroyed itself,' " said PW .
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
The labyrinthian tale of Lebanon's destruction has been told a number of times from a number of vantage points, but not since Ze'ev Schiff and Ehud Ya'ari's Israel's Lebanon War ( LJ 10/15/84) has such a powerful book appeared. Fisk, a highly honored British journalist who wrote for The Times (London) for 11 years and who still lives in Lebanon, conveys those appalling events of 1976-85 with the passionate intensity of someone outraged at the actions that have turned a country and people inside out. Fisk graphically portrays the Lebanese tragedy through interviews, anecdotal information, and thoughtful, incisive analyses. Thomas Friedman's From Beirut to Jerusalem ( LJ 7/89) and Charles Glass's Tribes with Flags ( LJ 4/1/90) are comparable efforts, but Friedman's work deals more with the psychological aspects of Arab versus Israeli; Glass has a more leisurely pace that belies Fisk's sense of urgency. Highly recommended for all libraries of any size.
- David P. Snider, Casa Grande P.L., Ariz.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- David P. Snider, Casa Grande P.L., Ariz.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A MUST,
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This review is from: Pity the Nation: The Abduction Of Lebanon (Paperback)
One of the most objective and comprehensive books written on the Lebanese Civil War. It is an essential reading for anyone who wants to know what the war was really about...
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A Masterpiece,
By A Lebanese in Canada (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon (Hardcover)
As a Lebanese who witnesed the war from its begining at the age of 4 till its end at the age of 29 I can say that I have NOTwitnesed anything till I read Fisk's Book. It is an insight view of the Lebanese war and the Palistine_Israel Conflict from a non Arab - Non Jews point of view.
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I HIGHLY recommend this book,
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This review is from: Pity the Nation: The Abduction Of Lebanon (Paperback)
I admit I enjoy reading and learning things no matter how graphic and shocking (burning phosphorus baby, rape, cluster bombs hit civilian places, methods of torture in Israel and Syria, and lies which cripple and kill)the author describes them to be. Especially coming from a journalist with a principle of actually physically being to the places he writes about...not just regurgitating incomplete or incorrect info over and over again like the mainstream TV media sometimes does. The book is written in a simple language but its hard to overlook the amount of research that went into it and his sometimes annoying meticulous attention to detail(names, places, dates). Undoubtedly he is ready to support every single sentence and had done so on various occasions defending himself from accusations. Most things in this book are not exactly favorite subjects of discussion with the mainstream media, especially in the US. I was following R.Fisk's reports for a couple of years now and Ill venture to say that only a truly interested scholar truly inquisitive person -nomatter what nationality will look beyond hatred and racial prejudice and appreciate this work.
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