Inside Lebanon: Journey to a Shattered Land with Noam and Carol Chomsky

by Assaf Kfoury

Overview

This prescient and timely book documents Noam Chomsky's visit to Lebanon, in May 2006, to lecture on U.S. imperialism and the imminent crises facing the Middle East—two months before Israel orchestrated major military campaigns against Lebanon and Palestine. During his visit, he met with political leaders—including those of Hizbullah—toured refugee camps, and inspected a former Israeli prison and torture compound.
Inside Lebanon describes Chomsky’s journey and situates it within the tragically altered context of Lebanon and Palestine before and after the war of 2006. Chomsky’s essays provide a framework for understanding the role of U.S. politics, power, and policies in these conflicts by examining how the United States wages war and imposes world domination while presenting itself as the righteous protector of democracy. Ironically, U.S. efforts at imperial control generate conflict and crises within the region while undermining democracy.
Inside Lebanon includes essays and photographs by Carol Chomsky, Irene L. Gendizier, Assaf Kfoury, Jennifer Loewenstein, Hanady Salman, Rasha Salti, and Fawwaz Traboulsi and provides an analysis of the social-political conditions of people in Lebanon, Gaza, and refugee camps. It situates Israeli's attacks and the position of Hizbullah and Hamas in this conflict while at the same time providing a record of events during the war, linking the conflicts on the ground to the global order.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781583671542
Publisher:	Monthly Review Press
Publication date:	07/01/2007
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	1,048,488
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Jennifer Loewenstein is a freelance journalist and a research associate at Oxford University's Refugee Studies Centre. She has lived and worked in Gaza City, Jerusalem, and Beirut and has written and lectured extensively on topics related to the Middle East.

Table of Contents

Preface   Irene Gendzier   Assaf Kfoury   Fawwaz Traboulsi     7
Noam and Carol Chomsky in Beirut   Assaf Kfoury     11
Imminent Crises: Threats and Opportunities   Noam Chomsky     21
The Great Soul of Power   Noam Chomsky     39
U.S. Foreign Policy and the Middle East: An Interview with Noam Chomsky     57
Echoes from a Haunted Land   Irene Gendzier     77
Meeting Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah: "Encounter with a Fighter,"   Assaf Kfoury     93
On the U.S.-Israeli Invasion of Lebanon   Noam Chomsky     103
Beirut War Diary   Hanady Salman     109
Dispatches from Beirut   Rasha Salti     129
Gaza War Diary   Mona el-Farra   Laila el-Haddad     141
Nightmares: How Gaza Offends Us All   Jennifer Loewenstein     157
An Arab Perspective on the "New Middle East"   Fawwaz Traboulsi     165
Postscript     171
Timeline     173
Contributors     177
Notes     179
Index     187

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“This erudite and humane collection, in telling us wisely about Lebanon's struggle, illuminates brilliantly the true nature of voracious power.”
-John Pilger,journalist, author of Freedom Next Time

“A remarkable account of Carol and Noam Chomsky’s visit to a Lebanon devastated by the July 2006 war. It is testimony to the never-ending suffering and steadfastness of the Palestinian and Lebanese people.”
-Mariam C. Said

Editorial Reviews

"A remarkable account of Carol and Noam Chomskys visit to a Lebanon devastated by the July 2006 war. It is testimony to the never-ending suffering and steadfastness of the Palestinian and Lebanese people."

Mariam C. Said

"This erudite and humane collection, in telling us wisely about Lebanon’s struggle, illuminates brilliantly the true nature of voracious power."

John Pilger

This erudite and humane collection, in telling us wisely about Lebanon’s struggle, illuminates brilliantly the true nature of voracious power.”
-John Pilger,journalist, author of Freedom Next Time

“A remarkable account of Carol and Noam Chomsky’s visit to a Lebanon devastated by the July 2006 war. It is testimony to the never-ending suffering and steadfastness of the Palestinian and Lebanese people.”
-Mariam C. Said

From the Publisher