cover image Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon

Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon

Robert Fisk. Simon & Schuster, $16 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-671-74770-1

Fisk, a former Middle East correspondent for the London Times , details violence, sundry political factions, the 1982 invasion of Israel, the efforts of the multinational peace-keeping force and the taking of Western hostages. ``A passionate and often angry book describing how Lebanon `humiliated the West, brought shame upon Israel, corrupted the Syrians and destroyed itself,' '' said PW . (Oct.)