Spirit of the Phoenix

Informationen zum Autor Tim Llewellyn was the BBC's Middle East Correspondent for ten years! during which time he covered the Lebanese civil war! the Iranian Revolution! the Iran-Iraq war! the First Gulf War and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Since leaving the BBC staff in 1992! he has been a regular broadcast and print commentator on Middle East politics. Klappentext Offers an introduction to the Lebanon's fractious politics and a portrait of a people that continue to rise again and again from the ashes.Offers an introduction to the Lebanon's fractious politics and a portrait of a people that continue to rise again and again from the ashes. Zusammenfassung Offers an introduction to the Lebanon's fractious politics and a portrait of a people that continue to rise again and again from the ashes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1) The making of Presidents2) Introduction to the martyrs3) Up among the Christians4) The origins of the Maronites5) The bus to civil war6) Another kind of Christian7) Fugitives from the catastrophe8) The hills above the city9) The South: Under Enemy Eyes10) The making of the border11) The sheikh makes his point12) The people's republic of Tyre13) Mr Unifil14) An interrupted afternoon15) Among the believers16) New lines in the sand17) In search of Sunnis

Vorwort
Offers an introduction to the Lebanon's fractious politics and a portrait of a people that continue to rise again and again from the ashes.

Autorentext
Tim Llewellyn was the BBC's Middle East Correspondent for ten years, during which time he covered the Lebanese civil war, the Iranian Revolution, the Iran-Iraq war, the First Gulf War and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Since leaving the BBC staff in 1992, he has been a regular broadcast and print commentator on Middle East politics.

Inhalt
1) The making of Presidents 2) Introduction to the martyrs 3) Up among the Christians 4) The origins of the Maronites 5) The bus to civil war 6) Another kind of Christian 7) Fugitives from the catastrophe 8) The hills above the city 9) The South: Under Enemy Eyes 10) The making of the border 11) The sheikh makes his point 12) The people's republic of Tyre 13) Mr Unifil 14) An interrupted afternoon 15) Among the believers 16) New lines in the sand 17) In search of Sunnis