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015770
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Revised and updated
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New York, Vintage, 2002.
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xvi, 348pLight brown spine
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One of the essential books for understanding the Middle East and the peoples who live there. As a correspondent in Cairo, the author explores the Arabs' religious, political and cultural views. He explains Arab attitudes and actions towards the West, including the growth of terrorism and situates current events in a larger historical backdrop that goes back more than a thousand years.
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A collision of cultures
Cairo gridlock
Spreading the word
The making of terrorism
Among the faithful
A gulf of misunderstanding
The American connection
A nation lay dying
The twice-promised land
Desert dazzle
The legacy of oil
Some men at the top
A journey's end
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9781400030415 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| I00700 | 909.0974927/LAM | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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014314
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New York, Public Affairs, 2002.
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viii, 274pWhite and green spine
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Thirty years after he covered the war as a young combat correspondent, David Lamb returned to Vietnam to cover the peace.
For four years Lamb crisscrossed the country, interviewing personalities from Vietnam's dark days - figures such as the legendary general, Vo Nguyen Giap, and the wartime voice of Hanoi's propaganda machine, Hanoi Hannah - and scores of uncelebrated Vietnamese students, former soldiers, shopkeepers, Communist Party members, and returning boat people. He roamed from Sapa on the Chinese border to Dien Bein Phu, Khe Sanh, and Can Tho in the depths of the Mekong Delta. He met with young engineers on the Ho Chi Minh trail, once the world's deadliest road. He joined a group of former Viet Cong and American GIs seeking reconciliation at the very fire support base where they had fought deadly battles. He explored the charming back alleyways of Hanoi and tasted the giddy excitement of a booming Saigon.
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1586480898 Hb.
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| I00620 | 959.7044/LAM | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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