This volume presents the findings of the International Commission established to investigate alleged violations of international law by Israel during its 1982 invasion of Lebanon. The report examines the legal, political, and humanitarian dimensions of the conflict, documenting incidents involving civilian casualties, destruction of property, and breaches of international humanitarian norms. Dr…
The Tragedy of Lebanon is a reissue of Jonathan Randal's acclaimed 1983 study of the rightwing Christian militias in Lebanon that in 1975 plunged the country into a decades-long cycle of war and civil conflict. For this 2012 reissue of the book, Randal added a piercing new Preface reflecting on the meaning of those events, both then and today. As the Senior Foreign Correspondent of The Washingt…
The contents of this book: 1. The Shihab Emirate 2. The Reign of Bashir II: 1788-1840 3. The End of the Emirate: 1840-42 4. The Double Kaymakamate: 1842-58
From access to sources inside Israel, Washington, and powers hostile to Israel, this is a uniquely knowledgeable and dramatic account of the causes and conduct of the war and its aftermath. Fire in Beirut describes how and why Israel moved into Lebanon in 1982 after years of clashes between local and foreign forces had destroyed what was once known as "the Swit- zerland of the Middle East." …