The War for Lebanon, 1970-1983

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1984. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Good in fair dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Ex-library. DJ has piece cut out of back and wear and soiling. Usual library markings. DJ had been pasted to the boards. PLO highlighted and Assad entry circiled in ink in the index.. 243, [5] p. Notes. Chronology. Maps. Glossary. Index. From Wikipedia: "Itamar Rabinovich (born 1942) is the president of the Israel Institute (Washington and Jerusalem). He was Israel's Ambassador to the United States in the 1990s and former Chief Negotiator with Syria between 1993 and 1996, and the former president of Tel-Aviv University (1999-2007). Currently he is Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern History of Tel Aviv University, Distinguished Global Professor at NYU and a Distinguished Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Prof. Rabinovich has been a member of Tel Aviv University's faculty since 1971 and served as Ettinger Professor of the Contemporary History of the Middle-East, Chairman of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, and Dean of Humanities and Rector. Rabinovich received B.A. degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an M.A. from Tel Aviv University and a Ph.D. from UCLA. He received Commandeur de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques from France."