TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blanford,Nicholas
TI  - Warriors of god: inside Hezbollah's thirty-year struggle against Israel 
SN  - 9781400068364 :
AV  - DS80.55.S54 B53 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Hizballah (Lebanon)
KW  - Shīʻah
KW  - Lebanon
KW  - History
KW  - Military relations
KW  - Israel
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-496) and index
N2  - Hezbollah is the most powerful Islamist group operating in the Middle East today, and no other Western journalist has penetrated as deeply inside this secretive organization as Nicholas Blanford. Now Blanford has written the first comprehensive inside account of Hezbollah and its enduring struggle against Israel. Based on more than a decade and a half of reporting in Lebanon and conversations with Hezbollah's determined fighters, Blanford traces their evolution from a zealous group of raw fighters motivated by Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution into the most formidable non-state military organization in the world, whose charismatic leader vows to hasten Israel's destruction. He reveals their ideology, motivations, and training, as well as new information on military tactics, weapons, and sophisticated electronic warfare and communications systems, providing an essential understanding of a key player in a region rocked by change and uncertainty.--From publisher description
ER  -