Outright assassination [[electronic resource] ] : the trial and execution of Antun Sa'adeh, 1949 / / Adel Beshara

• Autore: Beshara Adel
• Pubblicazione: Reading, U.K., : Ithaca Press, c2012
• Edizione: 1st pbk. ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 956.92043
• Soggetto geografico: Lebanon History 1946-1975
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: On cover: History, Politics, Middle East studies.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Essential Background; 2. Confrontation; 3. The Trial; 4. Execution; 5. Reaction; 6. The Scenarios; 7. Repercussions; 8. Veneration; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: No other political trial in Lebanon and, indeed, the Arab World has been more controversial than the trial and execution of Antun Sa''adeh just before sunrise on July 8, 1949. The case is inescapably a tragedy. It was and still is the shortest and most secretive trial given to a political offender. Indicted for treason and for creating dissension, Antun Sa''adeh was tried on trumped-up charges based on falsified evidence and deliberate misapplication of the law. It was really nothing more than an open-and-shut exercise in accusation and punishment - a trial more appropriate to the cruel days o
• Titolo autorizzato: Outright assassination
• ISBN: 0-86372-533-3; 1-280-12077-0; 9786613524638; 0-86372-419-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461747703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II