Lebanon : Levantine Calvary, 1958-1990
Venter, Al J.2017
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The Cold War began over 75 years ago, in 1944 - long before the last shots of WWII had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europe - with the brutal Greek Civil War. The battle lines are no longer drawn, but they linger on, unwittingly or not, in conflict zones such as Iraq, Somalia and Ukraine. In an era of mass-produced AK-47s and ICBMs, one such flashpoint was the Levant. It is axiomatic that the recent history of much of the Eastern Mediterranean is linked to the creation of the state of Israel in May 1948, incontestably so. The country emerged from a series of conflicts and these have continued intermittently ever since, fuelled as much by Arab-Israeli enmity, national pride and territorial aspirations as hostile neighbours. Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt - and in the latter phases, Iran - were all part of it.
Main title:
Lebanon : Levantine Calvary, 1958-1990 / Al J. Venter.
Author:
Venter, Al J., author
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2017.
Collation:
136 pages ; 24 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781526707826 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
1902330