Description
| Product ID: | 9780192801302 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Pity the Nation |
| Subtitle: | Lebanon at War |
| Authors: | Author: Robert Fisk |
| Page Count: | 752 |
| Subjects: | Middle Eastern history, Middle Eastern history, History, Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare, Lebanon |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Account of war in the late-20th century both as historical document and as an eyewitness testament to human savagery. Written by one of Britain's foremost journalists, this book combines political analysis and war reporting: it is an epic account of the Lebanon conflict Pity the Nation ranks among the classic accounts of war in our time, both as historical document and as an eyewitness testament to human savagery. Written by one of Britain''s foremost journalists, this remarkable book combines political analysis and war reporting in an unprecedented way: it is an epic account of the Lebanon conflict by an author who has personally witnessed the carnage of Beirut for over a decade. Fisk''s book recounts the details of a terrible war but it also tells a story of betrayal and illusion, of Western blindness that had led inevitably to political and military catastrophe.Updated and revised, Fisk''s book gives us a further insight into this troubled part of the world.''Robert Fisk is one of the outstanding reporters of this generation. As a war correpondent he is unrivalled.''Edward Mortimer, Financial Times |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2001-10-25 |