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Arbitrating Armed Conflict: Decisions of the Israel-Lebanon Monitoring Group

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Don't be scared by the rather daunting title, this book reads beautifully and gives even the casual reader a vivid and lasting sense of what it's like on the front line between Israel & Lebanon. While I am sure that this book is bound to become an important academic work, it's also incredibly engaging and accessible and deserves to be read by a wider audience. Waldman is off to a brilliant start for such a young writer / scholar.

Before reading this book I knew just a bit about the Israeli-Arab conflict. This amazing study examines a little-known but fascinating (and important) aspect of Israel's experience in Lebanon. This study is all the more important because of the current situation between Israel and the Palestinians; Mr Waldman offers a close look at a model that was tried in Lebanon and may offer some hope for progress with the Palestinians. Mr Waldman, who writes from personal experience, writes lucidly and in language that makes it easy for even someone with just a rudimentary background to grasp the nuances of the arrangements in Lebanon and the possible implications for the future.Highly Recommended!