Michael Young’s New Book

“The Ghosts of Martyrs Square: An Eyewitness Account of Lebanon’s Life Struggle” . Looks nice. I Just ordered it. Here’s a snippet from The Economist’s review:

Mr Young’s account is partisan, if tempered by a reluctant acceptance that Lebanon’s curse, sectarianism, has also proved a shield for individual freedom in a region where this is in short supply. His main villain is Syria, along with its ally Iran and their joint factotum, Hizbullah, whose embattled mindset and glorification of armed struggle inevitably sabotage efforts to construct a more durable polity. “There is Lebanon, and there is Hizbullah’s Lebanon,” he concludes, “one or the other will prevail, but together they cannot co-exist in a stable way.”

Find it at Amazon. 
 
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