An edition of Tribes with flags: a dangerous passage through the chaos of the Middle East
(1989)
Tribes with flags
a dangerous passage through the chaos of the Middle East
First Atlantic Monthly Press edition
by Charles Glass
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An illuminating portrait of the people of the Levant by former ABC News Chief Middle East Correspondent Charles Glass providing much-needed insight into a land so frequently in the news. Tribes With Flags is a chronicle of Glass' journey from the southern Turkish coast to Lebanon, and includes the 62 days he was held captive by pro-Iranian terrorists in Beirut.
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journeys, hostages, kidnapping victims, state-sponsored terrorism, terrorists, Politics and government, Description and travel, Travel, New York Times reviewed, Middle east, foreign relations, Middle east, politics and government, Politique et gouvernement, Middle east, description and travelPeople
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Tribes With Flags: A Dangerous Passage Through the Chaos of the Middle East
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Tribes with flags: a dangerous passage through the chaos of the Middle East
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Tribes with flags: a dangerous passage through the chaos of the Middle East
1989, Atlantic Monthly Press, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
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Table of Contents
Introduction: From Alexandretta to Aqaba
Page 1
Part One
1.
The Legacy of Alexander
Page 11
2.
The Army of the Levant
Page 23
3.
The Last Ottoman
Page 46
4.
Minarets and Belfries
Page 54
5.
No-Man’s-Land
Page 67
Part Two
6.
Six-Star Brandy
Page 83
7.
Where Armies Failed
Page 105
8.
A Consular City
Page 114
9.
The Survivors and the Dead
Page 129
10.
The Village of a Pasha
Page 144
11.
The Road
Page 159
Part Three
12.
The Old City
Page 175
13.
Meleager’s World
Page 198
14.
This Bad Century
Page 221
15.
Queen of the Desert
Page 235
16.
Provincial Loyalty
Page 258
17.
Enemies of the Goddesses
Page 269
Part Four
18.
Excursions
Page 277
19.
A Blood Feud in the Mountains
Page 287
20.
Foul is Fair
Page 299
21.
The Ghetto
Page 326
22.
Monks and Martyrs
Page 355
23.
The Family and the Plain
Page 390
24.
The Slumber of the Dead
Page 402
25.
Disrespectful Dancing
Page 438
26.
The Last Day
Page 450
Part Five
27.
The Black Hole
Page 461
28.
Recalled to Life
Page 487
Index
Page 505
Edition Notes
Includes index.
First published in Great Britain in 1990 by Martin Secker & Warburg Limited.
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