Lebanon

Reviews

"Draws a lucid map of an apparently impossible complexity." — Newsday

"Highly recommended…[Mackey] warns that the West's habit of ignoring issues that inflame the Islamic world until they hit home only fuels Arab anger. Lebanon, she believes, is not only a catastrophe deserving attention in its own right, but also a portent of what could happen throughout the Middle East." — Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Of all the countries in the bewildering Middle East, surely the most difficult to comprehend must be Lebanon…Half the battle of understanding Lebanon is merely being able to tell who's who among the contending parties. Mackey…helps us meet this challenge by offering lucid, dramatic histories of the peoples of Lebanon." — New York Times

"For those who seek an understanding of Lebanon behind the head-lines and the two-minute news summaries, this will be a very helpful book." — Commonwealth