“As someone who works with other organizations to ban the use, sale, and transfer of cluster bombs, I applaud Cathy Sultan's discussion on the effects of these lethal weapons on Lebanese civilians, many of them children, who continue to be killed and maimed by these odious, unexploded Israeli cluster munitions.” —George Cody, Ph.D., Executive Director, American Task Force for Lebanon
Nonfiction for Social Change
Tragedy in South Lebanon
The Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006
by Cathy Sultan
Politics
Publication date: May 19, 2008
$16.95
184 pages
6" x 9"
Original Softcover Edition
ISBN-10: 09798249-1-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-9798249-1-3
Scarletta Press
Cathy Sultan combines compelling history and vivid personal interviews to relate the lives of the oft-ignored civilians of southern Lebanon and northern Israel during the July war of 2006. Throughout the book, these narratives of mothers, soldiers, activists and ambulance drivers on both sides are memorable for their detail, honesty and the deep sense of tragedy they relate.
Sultan also addresses media treatment of the war and policy decisions, both historical and contemporary, made by Lebanon, Israel and the US. She discusses how divisive factions within the current Lebanese government leave the country teetering on the brink of yet more violence, imploring government officials on all sides to act with foresight, compassion, and responsibility. Features include a chronology of Lebanese history, maps depicting wartime activity and a glossary of Middle Eastern terms.
“Tragedy in South Lebanon provides vital information about a topic often misreported by the mainstream media. I particularly liked the interviews with both Hezbollah and Israeli soldiers describing the same battle. This is an important book that should be read by anyone interested in Israel and Lebanon.”
– Reese Erlich, foreign correspondent and author of The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of US Policy and the Middle East Crisis
“Finally finally finally there is a book that looks at the complex issues in Lebanon for what they are—complex. And even more importantly, Sultan has taken her experience and transported all of us into the region to better understand the complexities from the people themselves. We have had enough of the bumper sticker slogans and five second sound bites. Great!”
– Jack Rice, journalist and former CIA officer
“Sultan gives a fair and accurate account of what went on in South Lebanon. As a UN official who has spent 24 years in South Lebanon, I say she also lends refreshing voice to those who would otherwise never be heard.”
– Timur Goksel, Senior Advisor and Official Spokesman for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
Cathy Sultan is also the author of A Beirut Heart (Scarletta Press, 2005) and Israeli and Palestinian Voices: A Dialogue with Both Sides (Scarletta Press, 2006). She currently lives in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and sits on the Executive Board of the National Peace Foundation. www.cathysultan.com/cms