Beware of Small States

Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East

David Hirst

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Faber & Faber
08 July 2011

History; Middle Eastern history; 21st century history: from c 2000 -; Political oppression & persecution

'Beware of Small States' wrote Mikhail Bukanin in 1870. He could have meant Lebanon: a sectarian state no bigger than Wales that has become battleground for one of the defining conflicts of twentieth-century history. Throughout its short existence, it has been attacked, invaded, occupied or interfered with to serve the political interests of foreign powers, resulting in a series of devastating wars and crises. To understand Lebanon's history is to understand the history of the entire region - and, with the rise of Hizbullah, it has come to assume a disproportionate, dangerous power of its own. Iran and Israel now face each other in the hills of south Lebanon.

David Hirst, author of The Gun and the Olive Branch, is a hugely respected commentator on the Arab-Israeli crisis. In a masterly narrative, he gives a much needed, comprehensive history of the country and its conflicts, culminating with the recent war in Gaza and its fallout in Lebanon.

Powerful and often moving, Beware of Small States is a magisterial book, essential reading for understanding Lebanon or the current political climate of the Middle East.

By: David Hirst
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 125mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 385g
ISBN: 9780571237425
ISBN 10: 0571237428
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 08 July 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fifty-year resident of Beirut and long-time former Middle East correspondent of the Guardian, David Hirst has lived through or reported on most of the events he describes in Beware of Small States. The Gun and the Olive Branch, his seminal history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, was first published in 1977 and updated in new editions in 1984 and 2003.