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Libanon Farvel: Israels Første Nederlag
Da den amerikanske ambassaden i Beirut ble sprengt i luften mandag 18. april 1983, unngikk Odd Karsten Tveit så vidt å bli drept. Han sto 300 meter unna da en selvmordsbomber kjørte en bil full av sprengstoff mot ambassadens inngangsparti. Det var hverken første eller siste gang Tveit var i frontlinjen under sitt mer enn 30 års virke i Libanon som NRKs Midtøsten-korrespondent i tre fireårsperioder, som major i FNs fredsbevarende styrke og som forfatter.
I Libanon Farvel tar Tveit for seg en rekke dramatiske perioder i Libanons nyere historie og vever dem sammen. Hovedvekten legges på utviklingen etter den israelske okkupasjonen av halve Libanon i 1982, fram til eneretten i mai 2000 - et kaos som minnet om amerikanernes retrett fra Vietnam 25 år tidligere. Den libanesiske motstandsbevegelsen, ledet av Hezbollah, hadde vunnet.
I boken bretter Tveit videre ut historier om USAs, Irans og Syrias forsøk på å kontrollere Libanon. Her er også beretninger om hvordan iranere, libansere, palestinere og israelere tok gisler for å bruke dem som handelsvare. En uredd kvinnelig norsk diplomat har en fremtredende plass i boken. Det samme har norske FN-soldater og offiserer som reiste til Sør-Libanon for å skape fred, men som selv kom i skuddlinjen.
I Libanon Farvel tar Tveit for seg en rekke dramatiske perioder i Libanons nyere historie og vever dem sammen. Hovedvekten legges på utviklingen etter den israelske okkupasjonen av halve Libanon i 1982, fram til eneretten i mai 2000 - et kaos som minnet om amerikanernes retrett fra Vietnam 25 år tidligere. Den libanesiske motstandsbevegelsen, ledet av Hezbollah, hadde vunnet.
I boken bretter Tveit videre ut historier om USAs, Irans og Syrias forsøk på å kontrollere Libanon. Her er også beretninger om hvordan iranere, libansere, palestinere og israelere tok gisler for å bruke dem som handelsvare. En uredd kvinnelig norsk diplomat har en fremtredende plass i boken. Det samme har norske FN-soldater og offiserer som reiste til Sør-Libanon for å skape fred, men som selv kom i skuddlinjen.
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630 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2010
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Odd Karsten Tveit
15 books14 followersNorwegian journalist, writer and economist. His speciality is the Middle East, a subject on which he has written several books. Tveit has been a foreign correspondent for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) in the Middle East through three periods, from 1979 to 1983, from 1990 to 1994, and from 2003 to 2007.
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May 4, 2025
If anyone Think Israels cruelty and ruthlessness against arabs, started recently, then read this book
June 7, 2015
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"Goodbye Lebanon is a rare epic of an enormous book, an impressive and imposing work both in its content, its form and its execution, driven by knowledge, insight and respect, moral empathy, indignation and revulsion"
- Jan Askelund, Stavanger Aftenblad
"Of this season's weightly Middle East books, Norwegian journalist Odd Karsten Tveit rises above all others with humor and a myriad of detail in a fascinating representation of a tragic conflict...Karsten Tveit's coup is that his book is populated by real people in flesh and blood in a scenario which (referring to the present) covers the 22 years period from 1987 to 2000, when Israel intervened in Lebanon"
- Lasse Ellegaard, Informationen (Denmark)
"I would say, as a journalist who covered Lebanon during its darkest hours, that Goodbye Lebanon is a powerful addition to the narrative of that unfortunate country- especially so, because it doesn't always conform to the version to which many Americans have been exposed"
- H.D.S. Greenway, a syndicate US journalist who has read the manuscript
"...the book...is wonderful and important... with the unfolding drama of the Arab Spring, it is more vital than ever to understand the complex domestic relationships within Middle Eastern nations. Perhaps of them all, Lebanon's web of antagonistic parties needs clarifying. Goodbye Lebanon does just that through a riveting story of Israel's invasions, first 1978, then 1982, which inflamed the country, hardened positions and has left a very disturbing legacy."
- Jane Fletcher Geniesse, author of Passionate Nomad
"Goodbye Lebanon is a rare epic of an enormous book, an impressive and imposing work both in its content, its form and its execution, driven by knowledge, insight and respect, moral empathy, indignation and revulsion"
- Jan Askelund, Stavanger Aftenblad
"Of this season's weightly Middle East books, Norwegian journalist Odd Karsten Tveit rises above all others with humor and a myriad of detail in a fascinating representation of a tragic conflict...Karsten Tveit's coup is that his book is populated by real people in flesh and blood in a scenario which (referring to the present) covers the 22 years period from 1987 to 2000, when Israel intervened in Lebanon"
- Lasse Ellegaard, Informationen (Denmark)
"I would say, as a journalist who covered Lebanon during its darkest hours, that Goodbye Lebanon is a powerful addition to the narrative of that unfortunate country- especially so, because it doesn't always conform to the version to which many Americans have been exposed"
- H.D.S. Greenway, a syndicate US journalist who has read the manuscript
"...the book...is wonderful and important... with the unfolding drama of the Arab Spring, it is more vital than ever to understand the complex domestic relationships within Middle Eastern nations. Perhaps of them all, Lebanon's web of antagonistic parties needs clarifying. Goodbye Lebanon does just that through a riveting story of Israel's invasions, first 1978, then 1982, which inflamed the country, hardened positions and has left a very disturbing legacy."
- Jane Fletcher Geniesse, author of Passionate Nomad
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