Notes from the Minefield
Subtitle: United States Intervention in Lebanon, 1945-1958 (History and Society of the Modern Middle East)
Edition: With a new preface edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: September 29, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9780231140119
Subjects: Central government policies; International relations; Warfare & Defence; United States - General; Political Science; International Relations - General; History - General History; United States - 20th Century; Politics/International Relations; Mediterranean Sea; USA; Politics / Current Events; Middle East - General; Political Science / International Relations; 1953-1961; Foreign relations; Middle East; United States
First sentence: In July 1958, close to 15,000 marines landed in Beirut, while some 11,000 air sorties were over Lebanon.