TY - BOOK AU - Totten,Michael J. TI - The road to Fatima Gate: the Beirut Spring, the rise of Hezbollah, and the Iranian war against Israel SN - 9781594036422 (pbk.) AV - DS87.5 .T67 2012 U1 - 956.05/3 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Encounter Books KW - Totten, Michael J. KW - Hizballah (Lebanon) KW - sears KW - Islam and state KW - Lebanon KW - Islam and politics KW - Arab-Israeli conflict KW - State-sponsored terrorism KW - Iran KW - Journalists KW - Biography KW - Israel-Arab conflicts KW - Terrorism KW - Politics and government KW - 1975-1990 KW - 1990- KW - Foreign relations KW - Israel N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-340) and index; Adult; Follett Library Resources; Adult N2 - An account of the author's travels to the Middle East during the 2006 clash between Israel and the Hezbollah. Based in Beirut, the journalist attempts to understand the conflict by interviewing as many people as he can and, in the process, comes into conflict with the Hezbollah's media relations department, gets caught in a fire-fight on the Lebanese-Israeli border, witnesses an Israeli ground invasion, is attacked by Beirut militiamen, and more ER -