Aug 21, 2020 • 1HR 12M
Charles Helou and the prelude to war (PODCAST 8-21-2020)
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Picking back up with our series on the Lebanese Civil War, we look at the presidency of Charles Helou. Though he was not a domineering figure himself like his predecessor Fuad Chehab, Helou’s term was marked by a major banking scandal and two external events that brought the PLO to the fore in Lebanon and put the final pieces in place for what’s about t…
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