Lebanon, a country no bigger than Connecticut, has become a battleground for the political, strategic and ideological conflicts of its neighbors and the great powers. It has come to reflect the broad historical experiences of the modern Middle East. Beware of Small States is an elegant and incisive history of Lebanon culminating with the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah and its aftermath. David Hirst—a former Middle East correspondent for The Guardian , whose tough, skeptical voice has earned him death threats and seen him banned from six Arab countries—crafts a narrative that is essential for anyone wishing to understand the current political climate of the Middle East.
David Hirst Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)
1. Januar 1936
David Hirst ist ein erfahrener Korrespondent für den Nahen Osten, dessen Berichterstattung einen tiefen Einblick in die komplexen politischen und sozialen Dynamiken der Region bietet. Mit jahrzehntelanger Erfahrung vor Ort liefert seine Arbeit scharfe Analysen und eine aufschlussreiche Perspektive auf die Ereignisse, die den heutigen Nahen Osten prägen. Hirsts Werk dringt durch den Lärm und bietet den Lesern eine klare Sicht auf Realitäten, die oft durch Propaganda verschleiert werden. Er bringt ein einzigartiges Verständnis für das komplexe Gefüge des Nahen Ostens mit.
The Gun and the Olive Branch: The Roots of Violence in the Middle East
- 400 Seiten
- 14 Lesestunden
More than a decade before Israel's New Historians revolutionized the study of Israeli history, English journalist David Hirst wrote The Gun and the Olive Branch, a classic, myth-breaking general history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Hirst, former Middle East correspondent of the Guardian, traces the origins of the terrible conflict back to the 1880s to show how Arab violence, although often cruel and fanatical, is a response to the challenge of repeated aggression. The Gun and the Olive Branch is an absorbing, potentially controversial, history of the Middle Eastern conflict that is indispensable to anyone with an interest in world politics and by partisans of both sides. This classic and controversial account of the origins of the Middle East conflict returns to print updated with a lengthy introduction that reflects on the course of recent Middle Eastern history—especially the abortive Israeli-Palestinian peace process and 9/11.