Notes from the Minefield: United States Intervention in Lebanon and the Middle East, 1945-1958 (History & Society of the Modern Middle East) - Hardcover

Irene Gendzier's argument is tightly presented and coherent, and the overall story of the antecedent to the 1958 U.S. intervention in Lebanon is told with insight, clarity, and on the basis of an excellent use of primary research materials. This book will be looked upon as a model for the presentation of a well-evidenced argument on the nature of U.S. foreign relations with Lebanon, and more generally, with the Middle East.

-- Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice and professor of politics and international affairs, Princeton University