US Foreign Policy and the Multinational Force in Lebanon Vigorous Se
This book offers a fresh perspective on the impact of the US intervention in Lebanon in 1982 and the decision-making drivers that led the Reagan Administration into the Lebanese Civil War. Based on newly released archival materials from high level Washing
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Corrin Varady
US Foreign Policy and the Multinational Force in Lebanon Vigorous Self-Defense
Corrin Varady Institute of Digital Education Africa Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN 978-3-319-53972-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-53973-7
ISBN 978-3-319-53973-7 (eBook)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would first like to acknowledge the extraordinary people of Lebanon whose resilience and positivity captivated me during my years in Beirut. Thank you to my Lebanese friends Vicken Vanlian and Samer Sakr for their generosity and support. I would like to thank my supervisor at the London School of Economics (LSE), Associate Professor Kirsten Schulze who inspired me to make that first trip to Lebanon and who has guided me through the various iterations of this book. Thank you also goes to Professor Fawaz Gerges from the LSE for his time and support in publishing this research. A very special thank you goes to Louisa Greene from the LSE for her encouragement, and deepest appreciation goes to Dr. Kaoukab Chebaro, Claude Matar and Hrag Vosgerichian from the American University of Beirut Archives as well as Drs. Fawaz Traboulsi and Dr. Aliya Saidi from the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies at the AUB for their outstanding expertise on all things Lebanese. I owe a big thanks to US Archivists Ray Wilson, Keith Shuler and Mary Burtzloff at the Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and Dwight D. Eisenhower Archives as well as Amanda Leinberger at
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