Pity the Nation. Lebanon at War Cloth - 1990

London England: Andre Deutsch Ltd. Hardcover. First Edition. Pity the Nation. Lebanon at War. Very slight browning to edge of pages through age. Rarely have the horror and tragedy of war been so graphically portrayed as in the author's epic account of the Lebann conflict. The author has personally witnessed the carnage of Beirut for more than a decade but his appalled and sympathetic eye never falters. Fisk's book recounts the details of a terrible war but it also tells a story of betrayal and illusion, of Western blindness and arrogance that has led inevitably to political and military catastrophe. Gunmen and collaborators, bomber pilots, diplomats, guerrillas, feudal politicians, journalists, soldiers and kidnappers move through the pages of this vivid history. Arabs and Israelis, East and West - all fall under Fisk's critical, occasionally humerous and often horrified scrutiny. In a narrative of extraordinary power and energy, Fisk explores how a small and beautiful nation has been torn apart by foreign ambition and internal corruption. It is a book about anarchy and human grief in a country which, as the author says, provides no happy endings and where courage has no reward. This book will rank among the classics of war in our time, both as a historical document and as an eye-witness testament to human savagery.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. 662 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) . Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 1990.