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# Lebanon: A House Divided

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## Customer Reviews

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    Struggling nation
  

*by D***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 10, 2016*

This is a must-read for anyone who claims to be interested in or should be informed about  Mideast politics--including any future residents of the White House and the the Pentagon. Mackay covers the early and recent history of Lebanon and elegantly outlines the challenges the tiny nation has faced since it won back its independence from France after World War 2. Lebanon has to deal with all the problems of the Middle East squeezed into its 4053 square miles of territory. And it has very few friends: Israel scorns it because, in its view, the strong  presence of Shi'ites has created a de facto Hezbollah regime [both the U.S. and Israel have labelled the Hezbollah a terrorist organization]; Syria, now embroiled in a civil war, has a long history of intervention in the country's affairs; while the Syrian-backed Sunni Muslims play a pivotal role in the nation's affairs.Under Lebanon's rather shaky constitution, the President of the country has to be a Christian Maronite [the Maronites are orthodox Christians] while the Prime Minister has to be a Sunni and the Speaker of Parliament a Shi'ite. And then there's a very active and influential faction called the Druze, an offshoot of Islam with a bit of Gnosticism thrown in.So Lebanon may have few friends [the U.S. and other western powers have largely ignored the minor Mideast player since terrorists blew up the U.S. embassy in Beirut as well as a big U.S. army barracks for GIs who were than trying to keep the peace among the various warring factions.] Then came the long civil war between the Shias and the Shi'ites and the Christians, a 15-year conflict that devastated Beirut, once called the Paris of the East. Post civil war construction was hampered by several notable assassinations of the Lebanese leadership [including a prime minister]Now the little country is trying once again to pull itself up with its bootstraps. Beirut still shows the scars of a massive bombing raid on the capital by Israel in 1986.If Lebanon's story sounds complicated, it is. Sandra Mackay's book provides an excellent guide to understanding the small and ever-struggling Mediterranean nation-state.

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    Sour Grapes - I was doubly duped :-(
  

*by S***. on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 3, 2007*

Because Lebanon-Death of a Nation and Lebanon-House divided are the same books.The reader is deceived into thinking that House divided is a continuation of Death of a Nation.  Unfortunately, after purchasing both books (because of different titles), we found out that they are exactly identical.  The claim of "with new introduction" is nothing but a measly page and a half write-up that adds no value to the overall read, but certainly puts more money in Sandra's pocket.Getting over this disappointment, Sandra's book about the war in Lebanon during the 1975-1989 period is a great read.  Without judgment or prejudice, she sheds lights on the politics of the "Zuama" their alliances and re-alliances during that period of Lebanon and how all Lebanese have suffered because of them.It will be interesting to see if she will write a true-continuation about the period 1989--2003 and the similarities of those situations with the past.

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    A must for someone who needs to understand the Lebanon civil war tragedy
  

*by E***A on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 21, 2008*

For someone who ignores basic concepts of the lebanese sectarian society as I was, this should be the book to start with.Sandra Mackey detaily explains aspects of lebanese society prior and during the civil war, starting by the basics and inducing us into concepts a non-lebanese could not understand otherwise.I mostly found impartial such a book (maybe slightly pro-muslim , as much as " From Beirut to Jerusalem, much less than "Pity the Nation") and maybe it would be one of the few books I would be willing to read again...On this occasion I purchased "A mirror of the Arab world: Lebanon in conflict" by the same author, hoping it will be as good as "Lebanon: A House Divided".

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