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Israel's Lebanon War Paperback – June 3, 1985

by Ze'ev Schiff (Author), Ehud Ya'ari (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
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From Simon & Schuster, Israel's Lebanon War is the first and only complete inside account of a disastrous military adventure and its ongoing consequences.

A detailed narrative by two Israeli journalists on the origins, conduct, and political repercussions of the Lebanon war, based on previously unreleased documents and interviews with high officials.
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    Touchstone
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    June 3, 1985
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    6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0671602160
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    978-0671602161
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Touchstone (June 3, 1985)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0671602160
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0671602161
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.04 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
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Hussain Abdul-Hussain
5.0 out of 5 stars War is never the solution
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2004
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This bestseller book serves two purposes. On the one hand, it documents one of the biggest military adventures in the Middle East while on the other hand, it is a lesson for Western leaders who intend to use military might to change political realities in the region.

According to the book, this military adventure consumed itself and its engineer then Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, who circumvented Israel's democracy by withholding information about his true plan of invasion from Israeli politicians then unsuccessfully meddling in Lebanese internal politics.

The book is a survey of rapidly unfolding military events and a deep analysis into their immediate political consequences.

Since the book was published shortly after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, the authors should consider publishing an updated version that should cover the period of Israeli occupation thereafter and the consequent withdrawal in 2000.

The authors display mastery in understanding the mosaic picture of Lebanese politics. They also succeed in painting an accurate portray of Sharon, the General/politician who always called for a military solution for the Middle East's conflict. This, however, proved to be much more complicated than to be solved in an Israeli blitzkrieg strike against Lebanon in 1982.

The book also sheds a light on the determined and shrewd personality of late Syrian dictator Hafez Assad who succeeded, as in most complicated issues that faced him, in prevailing victoriously. Assad simply displayed more skill in understanding Arab politics than his Israeli counter parts, a fact whose end result was the complete Syrian domination of Lebanon, more than two decades after Israel's Lebanon war.

American policy makers behind the liberation of Iraq should read this book in order to refresh their memory on Arab politics and remind themselves of the magnitude of regional intervention of neighboring Arab countries in Iraq affairs.
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rp077
4.0 out of 5 stars Great detail on one of the most complicated conflicts in modern times.
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2018
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The Lebanese civil war is one of the most complicated conflicts of the modern era. Then take into account Israel's invasion, occupation, PLO retreat, Syrian, Iranian, US and French involvement and you have a quagmire or sifting loyalties, death, destruction, retreats and military disasters with long term repercussions.

This book does a great job at explaining the situation as it was in 1982. Sharon's belief in striking a major blow at an elusive enemy growing stronger by the day in a foreign country, his deceptive military plan and the establishments trust in a war hero to do what he will.

The book also chronicles the sifting loyalties between Sunni, Shite, Druze, PLO, Christian and Syrian players and correctly depicts the ruling Christian Phalange party as a mafia organization that Israel wrongly placed its trust in.

Ariel Sharon is roasted in this book and for good reason, (his deceptive military plans about how far he would go in Lebanon. The catalyst for invasion based on terror attack by Abu Nidal and NOT the PLO), but his actions must be looked at in a wider context. The PLO, like it did in Jordan in late 1960's, was an independent military force operating in a sovereign country. Cross border strikes into Israel left many citizens and IDF members frustrated as these guerrillas would disappear back over the Lebanese border. Like many established military plans throughout 20th century, Sharon wanted one last strike at the PLO to crush its stronghold in Lebanon. Can not blame him for that, however, the complications other military entities found themselves in (USSR in Afghanistan, French in Indochina, Algeria, US in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan), were not thought out by Sharon or others as Israel does not have a large enough military to occupy large territory. The result? A long costly occupation that later led to the 2006 war.

This is a great book that explains a complicated mess to begin with!
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Charles Seielstad
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2016
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This book helps understand the background of what happened during this time period in the Middle East.
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Mike Jones
3.0 out of 5 stars It reads like a political indictment instead of an objective history
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2018
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It gets three stars just for existing. It reads like a political indictment instead of an objective history. Around page 39 the authors tone changes from forlorn consternation about the Jewish leadership's slipping into war including the pm telling the marononites they will always be protected for 5 years straight and screwing up and getting sam3s deposited on Lebanese soil, oops, into a full out fusilade on the leadership in 1981. It feels like there must have been elections because hold onto your seats.

This is a quote '"i want Arafat in his bunker" - as if the historical coincidence of the setting were as important as a man...Ariel Sharon..who regarded the IDF as his personal tool...Yitzhack Shamir...was a zealous nationalist in striped pants...Lt. Gen. Rafeal Eitan...was convinced that the Arabs were bent on continuing bloodshed until they had wiped out every last Jew.".

That is all on the last half of page 39. I don't know much about Israeli politics but it feels like I'm supposed to hate these new fascist jews. And so I wrote a letter to amazon. Any history is better than no history, and so this is a history.
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Moshe B
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2015
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Thomas Brandtner
5.0 out of 5 stars Un grand classique à redécouvrir
Reviewed in France on November 20, 2017
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Ce livre à fait un éclat lors de son apparition, jétant pour la première fois une pleine lumière sur les differences d'opinion dans le gouvernement israélien concernant la politique à suivre envers le Liban et la Syrie, et remplacant le style hagiographique de rigueur jusqu'alors par und analyse sobre et critique. Ce livre n'a pas vieilli, il est simplement passé dans l'histoire. C'est un grand classique, indispensable pour chaque étudiant sérieux des conflits du moyen orient. Le système israélien ayant considérablement évolué dépuis, on se rende compte maintenant jusqu'à quelle niveau la censure militaire était lourde dans le temps. Les journalistes n'avait même pas le droit d'utiliser les noms des chars employees par Tzahal dans des différents combats. Il est encore plus impressionant de voir comment deux journalistes de grande classe sont quand-même parvenus à écrire une histoire utile des operations militaires, meme si elle n'était pas si détaillée que des ouvrages postérieures.
Même si les deux auteurs ne cachent pas leurs grandes reserves politiques vis-à-vis Ariel Sharon, ministre de la defense pendant ce temps, leur discours reste mésuré et impregné de respect pour l'adversaire don't le patriotisme n'était jamais mis en question.
Un livre magnifique.
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liam morrissey
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 5, 2017
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This book is brilliant,5 stars says it all
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