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Foreword Rashid Khalidi ix
Preface and Acknowledgments Nubar Hovsepian xxv
Introduction Nubar Hovsepian 1
The Lebanese State, the Confessional System, and Hizballah
Understanding Sectarianism Ussama Makdisi 20
State-Society Relations and the Reproduction of the Lebanese Confessional System Nubar Hovsepian 28
A Cedar Ready to Fall Georges Corm 50
Hizballah and its Civilian Constituencies in Lebanon Lara Deeb 58
Meeting Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah Assaf Kfoury 75
Israeli and American Collusion
The War on Lebanon Is a War on Palestine Noam Chomsky 88
Washington's Proxy War Stephen Zanes 93
Exporting Death as Democracy Irene Gendzier 119
Israel's War on Lebanon
Notes from the Siege Rasha Salti 134
A Letter to Our Comrades in the Democratic Left Movement Elias Khoury Ziad Majed 162
Meditations upon Destruction Elias Khoury 165
We Will Never Forget Hanady Salman 169
No Innocent Victims Kirsten Scheid 176
A Fateful Visit to Lebanon: A Diary Hiam Turfe-Brinjikji 200
International Law and War
International Law at the Vanishing Point Richard Folk Asli Bali 208
The Lebanon War in the UN, the UN in the Lebanon War Phyllis Bennis 225
US Military Assistance and Arms Transfers to Israel Frida Berrigan William Hartung 243
The Deconstruction of Israeli Power
You are Terrorists, We are Virtuous Yitzhak Laor 254
Travels in Israel Gabriel Piterberg 260
The Culture of Annihilation Azmi Bishara 274
Illusions of Unilateralism Dispelled in Israel Yoav Peled 279
Israel in Lebanon Virginia Tilley 287
A Jewish Plea Sara Roy 302
The Repercussions of War
The Economic & Human Costs of the War Haneen Sayed Zafiris Tzannatos 316
Lessons from the War Elias Khoury 343
Lehanon on the Brink Fawwaz Traboulsi Assaf Kfoury 349
The New Sectarian Wars of Lebanon As'ad Abukhalil 358
Peace or Perpetual War Azmi Bishara 368
All Wars Are Different Fred Halliday 374
World Order after the Lebanon War Richard Falk 385
Remember, Palestine Is the Region's Festering Sore Rami G. Khouri 392
Afterword Nubar Hovsepian 395
Contributon 400
Index 406
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Will Bodenheimer
reviewed The War on Lebanon: A Reader on August 01, 2012
The War on Lebanon
A comprehensive and detailed account of Israel's birth, particularly focused on the Irgun and Lehi, and their revolution against the British for independence. This book is meticulously researched and spares no detail (in fact, my only tiny complaint is that perhaps there is too *much* detail, causing the reader to get bogged down just a little bit from time to time).
There were many stories that are well known'but when told in the broader context as presented in this book together with the lesser-known stories, they form a clearer narrative of the history, and help provide a better understanding of the motives and circumstances behind various decisions.
One thing I've taken from this book in particular: although I've been an admirer of Menachem Begin long before I even read this book, this book actually opened my eyes even more so to just how much of a determined'and principled'hero Begin was. As a fighter, as a leader, as a Jew, and as a statesman. He stood for certain values that'unlike many politicians today'he would never compromise even though it cost him almost 3 decades in the opposition. He stood firm, though, and his ideals and unbending principles ultimately won out and brought some of the most historic victories to Israel'both military and diplomatic.
All in all, though, whether you're an admirer or a detractor'or even not interested particularly in Begin himself'this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the tumultuous backdrop and the difficult birth of Israel as the world's only Jewish state, the one and only place in the world where Jews have fought to reacquire their land from generations prior, a safe haven from persecution at the hands of the world's majorities, where anti-Semitism tends to historically rear its ugly head generation after generation.
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