Hezbollah: The Changing Face of Terrorism - Couverture rigide

Harik, Judith Palmer

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1860648932 ISBN 13 : 9781860648939

Editeur : I.B. Tauris, 2003

Synopsis

To the US, Hizballah represents one of the most dangerous terrorist networks operating today. In Lebanon, it is a democratically-elected party within the Lebanese parliament, backed not just by Shi'ites, but by Christians and secular Muslims. To the wider Arab world, Hizballah is a legend: the only Arab fighting force to have defeated Israel, forcing its withdrawl from south Lebanon in May 2000. Syria and Iran, both under threat from the US presence in Iraq, continue to back it. As a terrorist organization that is responsible for the deaths of numerous American soldiers, it is second only to al-Qaeda as a priority target for the US in its "War on Terror". Hizballah represents one of the most important pieces in the jigsaw puzzle that is Middle East politics today. Judith Harik's work, the fruit of 20 years of research into Lebanon's politics, should be of value to anyone concerned with the future of the region and the future of today's world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Judith Palmer Harik is an American professor of political science at the American University of Beirut, researching the effects of the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. One of those effects was the rise of the Shiite Islamic terrorist group, Hizballah-- the Party of God.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: I.B. Tauris
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1860648932
• ISBN 13: 9781860648939
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible