Hirst, former Middle East correspondent of the Guardian, traces the origins of the terrible conflict back to the 1880s to show how Arab violence, although often cruel and fanatical, is a response to t. The Gun and the Olive Branch (3rd Edition) The Roots of Violence in the Middle East (Nation Books) by David Hirst Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2003 by Nation Books ISBN-13: 978-1-56025-483-6, ISBN: 1-56025-483-1 "More than a decade before Israel's New Historians revolutionized the study of Israeli history, English journalist David Hirst wrote The Gun and the Olive Branch, a classic, myth-breaking general history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Lebanon is the battleground on which the region's greater states pursue their strategic, political, and ideological conflicts-conflicts. Beware of Small States (1st Edition) Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East by David Hirst Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2011 by Nation Books ISBN-13: 978-1-56858-657-1, ISBN: 1-56858-657-4 "In this magisterial history of Lebanon, from the end of Ottoman rule to the Hezbollah and Hamas wars of today, acclaimed and fiercely independent Middle East journalist and historian David Hirst charts the interplay between a uniquely complex country and the broader struggles of the modern Middle East.
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