(Paperback)

As sectarian tensions mount in Lebanon following the 2006 summer war, one question threatens to ignite the Middle Eastern tinderbox. Who killed former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri as he drove along the seafront on that fateful day in 2005 This book presents an account of how Beirut became once again the flashpoint of the Middle East.

(Hardback)

On Valentine's Day 2005, former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri, nicknamed 'Mr Lebanon', was killed. Ten weeks later, Syrian troops had withdrawn from Lebanon after an occupation of nearly thirty years. This book looks at how the murder of a businessman provoked such a seismic shift in Middle Eastern politics.