Final conflict : the war in the Lebanon
"John Bulloch provides the first comprehensive account of the Israeli incursion into the Lebanon which began on 6 June 1982, eliminated the power base on the PLO, left 19,000 dead, 31,000 wounded and 60,000 homeless, and destroyed a quarter of Beirut, culminating three months later in the gruesome massacre at the Sabra and Chatila refugee camps. Final Conflict also explains the historical roots of the crisis: the power vacuum in the Lebanon which allowed the PLO to flourish; the deep divisions within Lebanese society between Christians and Moslems; rich and poor, Sunni and Shia; native Lebanese and Palestinian refugees; the role of Lebanon's two powerful neighbours, Syria to the east and Israel to the south; and finally the wider context of internatinal diplomacy, oil politics and super-power rivalry."--notes from dust jacket
History
238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : maps ; 23 cm
9780712601719, 0712601716
9803075
Includes index
The chapters dealing with Israeli actions in Southern Lebanon, and with the situation inside Israel, were contributed by Hugh Davies, who reported the war from Jerusalem for The Daily Telegraph.