Beirut 1983
The Origins of the Long War in the Middle East
$31.45
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
27 January 2027
Summary
On 23 October 1983 a suicide attack on US marines killed 241 Americans. But President Ronald Reagan never hit back at the Iranian and Syrian conspirators. Now we know the reason why.
Beirut 1983 tells for the first time why the West walked away from Lebanon and opened the way to decades of chaos. It shows that in a bleak bargain with history the Americans had stepped back from the risk of a devastating global conflagration. Full of intrigue, espionage and revelation, it is a …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035431786 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035431785 |
| Author: | Michael Sheridan |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 27 January 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Michael Sheridan
Michael Sheridan reported from Beirut, Damascus, Tehran and Jerusalem in the 1980s and 1990s as a foreign correspondent for Reuters and the Independent. He later served as Far East correspondent of the Sunday Times for 20 years, covering the rise of China. His work has also appeared in Vanity Fair, the Tablet, the Spectator and Engelsberg Ideas. He is the author of a critically acclaimed history of Hong Kong, The Gate To China, and most recently, The Red Emperor, described by the Financial Times as ‘the most vivid and compelling’ biography of Xi Jinping published to date and translated into 12 languages.
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