false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171454813m/99826.jpg 99826 5 <div>With the Israeli-Palestinian crisis reaching wartime levels, where is the latest confrontation between these two old foes leading? Robert Fisk&#8217;s explosive Pity the Nation recounts Sharon and Arafat&#8217;s first deadly encounter in Lebanon in the early 1980s and explains why the Israel&#8211;Palestine relationship seems so intractable. A remarkable combination of war reporting and analysis by an author who has witnessed the carnage of Beirut for twenty-five years, Fisk, the first journalist to whom bin Laden announced his jihad against the U.S., is one of the world's most fearless and honored foreign correspondents. He spares no one in this saga of the civil war and subsequent Israeli invasion: the PLO, whose thuggish behavior alienated most Lebanese; the various Lebanese factions, whose appalling brutality spared no one; the Syrians, who supported first the Christians and then the Muslims in their attempt to control Lebanon; and the Israelis, who tried to install their own puppets and, with their 1982 invasion, committed massive war crimes of their own. It includes a moving finale that recounts the travails of Fisk&#8217;s friend Terry Anderson who was kidnapped by Hezbollah and spent 2,454 days in captivity. Fully updated to include the Israeli withdrawl from south Lebanon and Ariel Sharon's electoral victory over Ehud Barak, this edition has sixty pages of new material and a new preface. &#8220;Robert Fisk&#8217;s enormous book about Lebanon&#8217;s desperate travails is one of the most distinguished in recent times.&#8221;&#8212;Edward Said</div> 812228 1990 Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon total:167|5:101|4:46|3:16|2:4|1:0| 167 745 291 32 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 31 11:50:21 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 11:57:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 08 09:53:27 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 09:57:46 -0700 2009 What can one say about the horrors of war. The horrors of civil-war. the complete failure of humanity. And the cancer that is power and control.
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Fisk is hated by all sides after writing this book, which is the greatest compliment an unbiased author could ever receive.
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Dont take my word for it Just read it.]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 17:12:14 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 08:35:23 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 25 23:01:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 05 14:02:37 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=99826