Hezbollah: Born with a Vengeance / Edition 1

by Hala Jaber

Overview

Revered by many fundamentalist Shiites and reviled by the West, Hezbollah is considered to be a paradigm for other militant groups wishing to make the promise of Islamic Revolution a reality. Journalist Hala Jaber was granted exclusive and unparalleled access to the inner circle of this organization, and she exposes not only its tactics, but also its history, ideology, and culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231108348
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	05/01/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 5.70(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Hala Jaber is a British Lebanese journalist born in West Africa and currently writes for The Sunday Times of London.She was awarded the Amnesty International Journalist of the Year Award in 2003. She won Foreign Correspondent of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2005 and 2006 for her coverage of the Iraq War.

What People are Saying About This

Richard Bulliet

This lively portrayal of Hezbollah goes behind the sensationalistic headlines to find out why and how Lebanon's Shi'ite population launched and maintained an effective, militant political movement. No other book tells the story so vividly or with such balance.

— Richard Bulliet, author of Islam: A View from the Edge

Editorial Reviews

Essential for any who would study the region's past, present, and possible futures.

Midwest Book Review: California Bookwatch

[A] readable account of Hezbollah's rise by an experienced journalist,... [Jaber's work] gives a broad account of the origins of Hezbollah and its expanding influence.

International Socialist Review - Jon Van Camp

Essential for any who would study the region's past, present, and possible futures.

Midwest Book Review: California Bookwatch

[A] readable account of Hezbollah's rise by an experienced journalist,... [Jaber's work] gives a broad account of the origins of Hezbollah and its expanding influence.

— Jon Van Camp

International Socialist Review

Fairminded and thorough.

Choice

This lively portrayal of Hezbollah goes behind the sensationalistic headlines to find out why and how Lebanon's Shi'ite population launched and maintained an effective, militant political movement. No other book tells the story so vividly or with such balance.

Richard Bulliet

Journalist Jaber draws from confidential interviews with fighters, leaders, and strategists of the Shi'ite Islamic organization to clarify the motives and operations behind some of the most destructive terrorist attacks in recent history. She finds among members a degree of devotion to the Party of God and an Islamic way of life that any personal sacrifice and injury to victims is justified. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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