Lebanon: the Price of Blood

Eugene, OR: Organization of Arab Students in the U.S. & Canada : Committee for a Free Palestine, [1976?]. First Edition. Octavo in grey stapled wraps; 23 pages: illustrations; 22 cm Very good (+), clean and intact with some spotting to corners and edges; mild crease down middle of front wrap. Stapled wraps.

Uncommon pamphlet exploring the dynamics of late 1970s conflicts in Lebanon and surrounding areas: "Against the backdrop of a rising death toll which is estimated to have reached almost ten thousand during the year of conflict in Lebanon, the most bloody and savage atrocities of the war were inflicted on the defenseless inhabitants of hte Karatina district of Beirut when Phalangist gunmen seized the city slumland area. Karantina epitomizes the other face of Lebanon; hidden beyond the skyscraper buildings of the international hotels, multi-national companies and the apartment blocks of the Lebanon's wealth, lies the poverty and degradation experienced by the Muslim poor." --Back cover. Contents: Crisis in Lebanon. an overview. Dynamics of the conflict. Confessionalism and the law. Beirut's ugly American (NYT 1/7/74). Battles of survival. Millions made selling arms in Beirut (WP 11/24/75). The struggle ahead. The price of blood.