Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War

by RobertFisk (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $14.71

  This work should rank among the classics of war in our time, both as a historical document and as an eye-witness testament to human savagery. An epic study of the conflict in the Lebanon combining political analysis and war reporting that not only recounts the details of a terrible war, but also tells a story of betrayal and illusion, and of the Western blindness that has led inevitably to political and military catastrophe. Gunmen and collaborators, bomber pilots, diplomats, guerillas, feudal politicians, journalists, soldiers and kidnappers all fall under Fisk's critical, occasionally humorous, and often horrified scrutiny in this powerful account of a beautiful nation's demolition by foreign ambition and internal corruption. The work should appeal to those interested in the Middle East and its problems, and students of international politics.

• New

  Paperback
  2001

  $19.67

  Pity the Nation ranks among the classic accounts of war in our time, both as historical document and as an eyewitness testament to human savagery.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