LEADER 00000nzm 2200481Ka 4500 001 ocn773579714 003 OCoLC 005 20141231185423.0 006 m d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 120123s2011 nyu ob 001 0 eng d 020 9780679605164 (electronic bk.) 020 0679605169 (electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)773579714 037 11465D32-54F2-4B38-8CA3-5A56BECB53CC|bOverDrive, Inc. |nhttp://www.overdrive.com 040 TEFOD|cTEFOD|dJFN|erda|dUtOrBLW 043 a-le---|aa-is--- 049 JFNA 082 04 956.9204/5 082 04 956.9204/5 082 04 956.9204/5|222 099 eBook OverDrive/Libby 100 1 Blanford, Nicholas. 245 10 Warriors of God|h[OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] |binside Hezbollah's thirty-year struggle against Israel / |cNicholas Blanford. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York :|bRandom House,|c[2011] 264 4 |c©2011 300 1 online resource (xvii, 522 pages) 336 unspecified|bzzz|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 The sleeping giant -- The "Shia genie" -- The gate of the mujahideen -- The scent of orange blossom in the spring -- The "deluxe laboratory without settlers" -- "The Lebanese valley of the dead" -- The spider's web -- The fence around the homeland -- Spoonfuls of cement -- "Birth pangs" -- The "last war with Israel". 520 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. 588 Description based on print version record. 610 20 Hizballah (Lebanon) 650 0 Shīʻah|zLebanon|xHistory. 651 0 Lebanon|xMilitary relations|zIsrael. 651 0 Israel|xMilitary relations|zLebanon. 655 7 Electronic books.|2local 776 08 |iPrint version:|aBlanford, Nicholas.|tWarriors of God. |b1st ed.|dNew York : Random House, c2011|z9781400068364 |w(DLC) 2011012620|w(OCoLC)687653269 856 40 |uhttps://naperville.overdrive.com/media/|zAvailable on OverDrive/Libby. 994 C0|bJFN