num_pages: 224
description: Until its destruction in 1975 the luxurious St George Hotel was the cosmopolitan centre of Beirut a meeting place for spies including Kim Philby CIA men such as Miles Copeland diplomats journalists politicians and oil sheikhs. The author examines the plots and counterplots stretching over a quarter of a century which were formulated at the hotel. Incidents which helped to shape Middle Eastern history are related such as an attempt to overthrow King Hussein and the assassination of a Syrian president.
language: English
title: The St. George Hotel Bar: International Intrigue in Old Beirut- An Insider's Account
publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc