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Hezbollah: An Outsider's Inside View
Hezbollah: An Outsider’s Inside View is the answer to the question that has been asked for years by the concerned Westerner: who are those people over there and do we really need to be scared of them? Based on an increasingly inside view of Hezbollah, this book is an opportunity for the Western reader to see for himself what this headline-grabbing group is all about. Against a backdrop of records documenting the context from which Hezbollah has developed, you are invited to meet the administrators and the sheiks, the leaders and the fighters, the individuals and the families who are Hezbollah. Written from a Western perspective, this inside view of the Islamic Resistance of Lebanon offers the opportunity to explore the militants at the horizon.
383 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 20, 2015
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April 20, 2019
Excellent and objective assessment of the Hezbollah phenomenon
Excellent, unbiased, and sympathetic analysis of the Hezbollah phenomenon from the perspective of the social and political environment that gave rise to Hezbollah. A must read for a western audience unfamiliar with the political, social and military conditions that gave rise to the Hezbollah phenomenon.
Excellent, unbiased, and sympathetic analysis of the Hezbollah phenomenon from the perspective of the social and political environment that gave rise to Hezbollah. A must read for a western audience unfamiliar with the political, social and military conditions that gave rise to the Hezbollah phenomenon.
August 31, 2015
In this book we find the stories of Hezbollah fighters, its health care workers and other support personnel, as well as average, ordinary people in southern Lebanon, some of whom have lived through repeated Israeli onslaughts upon their country. All have a story to share, and some of these stories are are deeply moving. They entail courage, endurance, sacrifices, and yes, the willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Taken altogether, Heard paints a picture of a movement whose rank and file members are loyal to an ideal and also guided by a deep faith in God, along with a leadership that has, at least thus far, refused to be corrupted. From the perspective Israel and the US, that's a dangerous threat.
In other words, what Heard gives us is the story of Hezbollah the mainstream media doesn't want us to hear.
Taken altogether, Heard paints a picture of a movement whose rank and file members are loyal to an ideal and also guided by a deep faith in God, along with a leadership that has, at least thus far, refused to be corrupted. From the perspective Israel and the US, that's a dangerous threat.
In other words, what Heard gives us is the story of Hezbollah the mainstream media doesn't want us to hear.
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