books about history of lebanon - The Orange Room

editha

books about history of lebanon
can anyone suggest a good book to read about the history of lebanon, i've seen a few on amazon.com but i can't make up my mind. there's one titled: "The Breakdown of the State in Lebanon, 1967-1976" by farid khazen and another one i found interesting is "The Conscience of Lebanon: A Political Biography of Etienne Sakr (Abu-Arz (Cass Series--Israeli History, Politics, and Society)"by Mordechai Nisan, has anyone read these ???? please give me your opinions.
thanks.

Mey

As I noticed by history of Lebanon, you are talking about the last civil war.

Well to get a good idea you will have to look for non biased books, preferrably maybe written by foreigners.

It is very difficult to see a non-biased story about the war, and thus I ask you to be careful about what you are reading.

Try to read different books for authors of different affiliations in order to be fair and not get a one sided view, its a very complicated issue.

LebanesePride

Mehyar look at the headlines in "foreign" papers abuot elections now
Youd see theyre from from objectivity and even further from knowledge

Mey

Yes LP, you are right, thats why I tried to stress to the author of the thread that it is very hard to find a non biased book, and thus the advice of reading for different authors with different political affiliation.

I still believe a foreigner would see things with more objectivity because nearly every Lebanese was involved.

editha

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Originally Posted by Mehyar

As I noticed by history of Lebanon, you are talking about the last civil war.

not necessarily about the civil war. have you read any that you'd recommend?

Alkiklikli

Robert Fisk: "Pity the Nation" Oxford University Press (In my personal opinion the best book about the Lebanese war , it covers the entire war, although it is a bit short on the Aoun Geagea war.)
Kamal Salibi : "Crossroads to civil war"
Kamal Salibi : "A house of many mansions"
Charles Glass : "Tribes with flags"

Kamal Salibi was my instructor at AUB for two "cultural elective" courses. He is an excellent teacher. He changed my way of thinking.