The Great War for Civilisation (231 page)
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ROBERT FISK
The
GREAT WAR
for
CIVILISATION
Bestselling author and journalist Robert Fisk, based in Beirut as Middle East Correspondent of
The Independent
, has lived in the Middle East for over three decades and holds more British and international journalism awards than any other foreign correspondent. His last book,
Pity the
Nation
, a history of the Lebanon war, was published to great critical acclaim. He was awarded the 2006 Lannan Prize for Cultural Freedom.
ALSO BY ROBERT FISK
The Point of No Return:
The Strike Which Broke the British in Ulster
In Time of War:
Ireland, Ulster and the Price of Neutrality, 1939â1945
Pity the Nation:
The Abduction of Lebanon
FIRST VINTAGE BOOKS EDITION, FEBRUARY 2007
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the Knopf edition as follows:
Fisk, Robert.
The great war for civilisation: the conquest of the Middle East / Robert Fisk.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Middle EastâHistory, Militaryâ20th century. 2. Middle EastâHistory, Militaryâ
21st century. 3. War and societyâMiddle East. 4. Middle EastâColonization.
5. United StatesâRelationsâMiddle East. 6. Middle EastâRelationsâUnited States.
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