The road to 1559: Lebanon at the core of the George W. Bush administration

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The road to 1559: Lebanon at the core of the George W. Bush administration

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It is true that United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559, which practically put an end to the Syrian hegemony over Lebanon, was the result of an international consensus based on an American — French agreement reached in June 2004. Yet, the truth remains that this Resolution could not have been achieved if it weren't for the joint efforts of many activists among the Lebanese immigrants abroad, as well as the diligence of Walid Maalouf who paved the way for the resolution and persistently followed up on it in the hallways of the United States Permanent Delegation to the United Nations. He also received full cooperation and support from a Latin diplomat of Lebanese decent, whose identity cannot be disclosed. It was ironic that the Lebanese immigrants abroad were struggling for Lebanon's sovereignty while the Lebanese official diplomacy was countering their efforts and exerting great pressure in favor of the Syrian hegemony over the Land of the Cedars. In this book. author and reporter Stephen Kaufman explores diplomatic secrets through interviews with veteran diplomats, like Richard Murphy who played a major role at the peak of the Lebanese crisis in the years 1976 and 1988, and sheds light on information now published for the first time...