Adel Beshara: 3 books
Antun Sa'adeh
The Man, His Thought: an Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
Antun Sa'adeh, a nationalist thinker who lived from 1904 to 1949, was one of the major intellectual figures of modern Syria. The impact of his ideas has been felt in politics, literature and philosophy, as well as in the social sciences. Indeed, the publications for which he was best known ("The...
Lebanon
The Politics of Frustration - The Failed Coup of 1961
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Lebanon examines the ideological, political and social underpinnings of the attempted coup against General Chihab's government in Lebanon in 1961. The author analyzes the role of the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party, the history of the army in Lebanon and it role in Lebanese politics and the impact...
Outright Assassination
The Trial and Execution of Antun Sa'adeh, 1949
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
No other political trial in Lebanon and, indeed, the Arab World has been more controversial than the trial and execution of Antun Sa'adeh just before sunrise on July 8, 1949. The case is inescapably a tragedy. It was and still is the shortest and most secretive trial given to a political offender....