This will prove interesting. It is not entirely correct in that the "Muslim" bloc in Lebanon when I was there was hardly a bloc--Sunni versus Shia tensions did exist but they were overshadowed by...
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C'est Liban, n'est pas?
This will prove interesting. It is not entirely correct in that the "Muslim" bloc in Lebanon when I was there was hardly a bloc--Sunni versus Shia tensions did exist but they were overshadowed by...
Agreed on the premise that Lebanon is on the...
Agreed on the premise that Lebanon is on the verge again; this is a much better report in that it looks at the Lebanese. The first report looked on UNIFIL as a European failure to somehow "fix"...
Agreed but this is just more of the same when it...
Agreed but this is just more of the same when it comes to UN peacekeeping and UNIFIL in particular. The one's who cripple the effectiveness--often the U.S.--then criticize the efforts the most. It...
UNIFIL Page
Here is another good source
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
It offers access to the UN research library with mission reports and maps. I just used the mission reports from my time in...
I can vouch for two of the authors, George...
I can vouch for two of the authors, George Gawrych who team taught Mid East military history with me at CGSC and George Solley who was an OGL UNMO with me in 1987.
I would also say look at...