Thanassis Cambanis

Quoted in Le Figaro

Posted September 2nd, 2010 by Thanassis Cambanis and filed in A Privilege to Die

Tags: A Privilege to Die, Book publicity

Delphine Minoui quotes me in her story in Le Figaro about Hezbollah’s museum in Mlita.

«Mon cœur bat pour le Hezbollah», s’extasie, ce jour-là, une mère de famille venue de Beyrouth, tandis qu’elle contemple une vaste carte détaillant les cibles potentielles en cas de nouveau conflit: aéroport Ben-Gourion à Tel-Aviv, gares ferroviaires, centrales électriques… À quelques mètres de là, des bambins de 3 ans se font photographier devant des roquettes. «Le Hezbollah est parvenu à insuffler une culture de la victoire auprès de ses sympathisants, quels que soient ses résultats sur le champ de bataille», observe le journaliste américain Thanassis Cambanis, dont le nouveau livre, A Privilege to Die (Free Press), s’intéresse à la machine de propagande du Parti de Dieu.

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“Cambanis has produced an account of the rise and fall of the Egyptian Revolution that is at once gripping, illuminating and wise. Once Upon a Revolution is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the political and religious crosscurrents currently roiling the Middle East.” —Scott Anderson, author of Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East

“In Once Upon a Revolution, Thanassis Cambanis draws on a decade of reporting in the Middle East to produce a kaleidoscopic narrative of ‘the revolution that for an instant felt like it might transform the world.’ Gripping, vivid, compassionate, and often funny, Cambanis's book captures the political drama and human folly of these historic events in Egypt.” —Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Chatter and The Snakehead

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“A valuable account. Cambanis is one of those rare foreign correspondents more interested in the impact of the carnage on human beings than in military maneuvers or bang-bang.” —The New York Times Book Review

“An indispensable guide to understanding the region’s most formidable extra-state actor. ... In prose that is often eloquent yet earthy, indicative of scholarly erudition as well as a storyteller’s flair for capturing the complexities of human psychology, Cambanis describes the seemingly contradictory impulses he discovers.” —The Christian Science Monitor

“Cambanis provides crucial insights to those who might hope to counter Hezbollah's increasing power and influence in the region, as well as an important reminder that in any war, one's enemies are human.” —Publishers Weekly

“Hezbollah is a formidable presence that cannot be ignored, and Cambanis’s book, a well-balanced blend of journalism, history and geopolitical primer, is a significant aid to understanding it.” —Kirkus Reviews

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