Lebanon War

Widely heralded on publication as a “must-read” (Military Review) and “important window on America’s battle with al-Qaeda” (Washington Post), Ali Soufan’s revelatory account of the war on terror as seen from its front lines changed the way we understand al-Qaeda and how the United States prosecuted the war — and led to hard questions being asked of our leaders.

The politics and recent history of the Middle East can seem baffling to outsiders. Nowhere was that more evident than during the Lebanon War that raged in 1982. Even contemporary reporting often made fundamental mistakes, and there was little general understanding of what was happening and why. This conflict involved a bewildering number of groups and influences from different parts of the world. The precipitating event was the attempted assassination of the Israeli ambassador in London, carried out by members of a Palestinian terrorist group.

“Alameddine is a writer with a boundless imagination.” —NPR From National Book Award finalist and winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction comes a tragicomic love story set in Lebanon, a modern saga of family, memory, and the unbreakable attachment of a son and his mother. In a tiny...

Hezbollah is the most powerful Islamist group operating in the Middle East today, and no other Western journalist has penetrated as deeply inside this secretive organization as Nicholas Blanford. Now Blanford has written the first comprehensive inside account of Hezbollah and its enduring...

Hezbollah is the first thorough examination of Hezbollah's covert activities beyond Lebanon's borders, including its financial and logistical support networks and its criminal and terrorist operations worldwide.

“A book filled with love, from and for family, for the region, Palestine, and queer culture.” —The Guardian From renowned Palestinian scholar Tareq Baconi, a powerful memoir of political and queer awakening, of impossible love amidst generations of displacement, and what it means to return...

“A book about young men transformed by war, written by a veteran whose dazzling literary gifts gripped my attention from the first page to the last.” —The Wall Street Journal “Friedman’s sober and striking new memoir . . . [is] on a par with Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried --...

In the heart of the Middle East, a region marked by centuries of conflict and ethnic, religious, and political tensions, there exists a struggle that has endured through the years, resisting even the most significant changes in the global landscape: the confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah. What began as a limited territorial dispute has evolved into one of the region’s most complex and dangerous conflicts, with implications far beyond the borders of Lebanon and Israel. Though often overshadowed by more visible events in the region, such as the civil wars in Syria or Yemen, the ...

A Concise History of Israel and Palestine. Borders, Beliefs, and Battles in a Divided Land. Understand the past. Make sense of the present. A concise guide, that explains the history of this divided land in a simple and easy to understand way, including what has led to the current conflict. For anyone trying to understand one of the world’s most enduring and emotional conflicts, A Concise History of Israel and Palestine offers clear answers, compelling storytelling, and historical balance. Spanning thousands of years — from the biblical kingdoms and empires of antiquity to the modern ...

November 7, 1980. An Egyptian writer has chosen the wrong time to come to Beirut in search of a publisher for his controversial new book. Men with machine guns are on every street corner. When the writer meets an old friend from his revolutionary student days, he is introduced to two fascinating women: idealistic filmmaker Antoinette and Lamia, the seductive wife of his would-be publisher.

Lebanon has lived through decades of conflict that have deeply shaped its identity. In A Brief History of Lebanon’s Wars, we take a closer look at the wars that marked the country from 1975 to 2006—beginning with the brutal Civil War and culminating in the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War. This book doesn’t just outline battles and dates; it delves into the human stories, the politics, and the forces at play that shaped Lebanon's modern history. Whether you're new to Lebanon's past or have a deeper interest in its struggles, this concise history offers a clear and accessible understanding of...

A Marine Corps Commandant’s Professional Reading List Selection The first in a new “authoritative, shocking” (Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author) nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history from #1 New York Times...

Bloomsbury presents All She Lost written and read by Dalal Mawad. ‘Poignant and compelling… will resonate with anyone who cares about justice and the abuse of power’ – Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 News International Editor and author of Sandstorm 'Essential and urgent' – Kim Ghattas...

From Qasem Soleimani to the nuclear deal, a deeply reported exploration of Iran’s decades-long power struggle with the United States—in the tradition of Steve Coll’s Ghost Wars and Lawrence Wright’s The Looming Tower “A front-row view of the spy games, assassinations, political...

On a ravaged street overlooking a cemetery in Beirut's Christian enclave, we meet an eccentric young man named Pavlov, the son of a local undertaker. When his father meets a sudden and untimely death, Pavlov is approached by a colorful member of the mysterious Hellfire Society - an anti-religious sect that, among many rebellious and often salacious activities, arranges secret burial for outcasts who have been denied last rites because of their religion or sexuality.

October 7th, 2023, Israel: the day the world changed. When the sirens started at 6:29 am, Tehila was packing a picnic for her family in their southern Kibbutz home and Dana was celebrating love with her boyfriend at an outdoor rave. Shai, a former counter-terrorist soldier jumps to action to protect his country for his young son; while politician and the army’s former chief of staff Alon wants to lend his expertise. In Gaza, Aisha is taken by surprise, but she hopes for better days and will do anything for the return of her twins who were wrongfully arrested by the Israeli army. Across ...

Beirut, 1943. The French Mandate is ending — and someone is using its last unguarded months to settle an old account. Charles Eddington arrives in the most beautiful city of the war with a title that means nothing and instructions no one will admit to having signed. Couriers are dying on the mountain roads above the city — careful men, on unconnected routes, none of them robbed. No one in the cracking machinery of the Mandate wants the question asked, least of all the charming French intelligence officer who befriends Charles over drinks at the St. Georges and warns him, with real ...

'In stunning detail . . . Baconi traces a story of personal and communal alienation, longing, and liberation' Omar El Akkad, author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This 'Moving and generous' Isabella Hammad, author of Enter Ghost 'Outstanding' Raja Shehadeh, author of We Could...

Menachem Begin: Portrait of a Leader – A Biography is the first complete biography of Menachem Begin, the man who always thought and spoke in terms of "we" rather than "I", the man who thought of himself as a simple Jew and accompanied the Jewish People on its path from the Holocaust to rebirth as a sovereign nation. This book reminds us that in the Second Lebanon War we learned nothing from the first one. In both we eagerly entered into battle without a clear picture of our final goal and what exactly we wished to achieve. Most significantly, the extensive evidence examined here ...

From a celebrated military historian, a “searing…persuasive” (Kirkus Reviews) exploration of why the mighty United States military has repeatedly failed in irregular wars and military campaigns from Vietnam to Afghanistan. Since the early 1960s, the United States has fought in four major...