Widely praised as the definitive history of Beirut, this is the
story of a city that has stood at the crossroads of Mediterranean
civilization for more than four thousand years. The last major work
completed by Samir Kassir before his tragic death in 2005, "Beirut"
is a tour de force that takes the reader from the ancient to the
modern world, offering a dazzling panorama of the city's Seleucid,
Roman, Arab, Ottoman, and French incarnations. Kassir vividly
describes Beirut's spectacular growth in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries, concentrating on its emergence after the
Second World War as a cosmopolitan capital until its near
destruction during the devastating Lebanese civil war of 1975-1990.
Generously illustrated and eloquently written, "Beirut" illuminates
contemporary issues of modernity and democracy while at the same
time memorably recreating the atmosphere of one of the world's most
picturesque, dynamic, and resilient cities.
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