War Hotels
eBook - ePub

War Hotels

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

About this book

War Hotels is a gripping exploration of hotels in wartime and in other times of crisis, told through the prism of now iconic hotels that were frequented by foreign correspondents, diplomats, aid workers, politicians, paramilitaries and spies in conflicts in Northern Ireland, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon, Iraq, and Bosnia & Herzegovina. It focuses on hotels that became closely associated with the brutal conflicts in which they were a part, such as the Europa Hotel in Belfast, the Continental and the Caravelle in Saigon, the Commodore in Beirut, and Sarajevo's Holiday Inn. Building upon the research undertaken for the Al Jazeera documentary series of the same name, this book tells the stories of these hotels in even more fascinating detail, drawing upon in-depth interviews with those who witnessed the tumultuous events that took place within or in the immediate environs of the buildings. By using war hotels as a locus of memory and a lens through which to convey the human stories and the conflicts, they provide not only viable 'micro-histories' but a rich vein of historical narratives and moving personal recollections.

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Yes, you can access War Hotels by Kenneth Morrison,Abdallah El Binni in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & World History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Merrion Press
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781785374029
eBook ISBN
9781785374043
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Author Bio
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Dedication
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. List of Abbreviations
  10. Foreword
  11. Introduction: The War Hotel
  12. 1 The Continental and the Caravelle, Saigon, Vietnam
  13. 2 The Hôtel Le Royale, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  14. 3 The Europa Hotel, Belfast, Northern Ireland
  15. 4 The Holiday Inn and the Commodore, Beirut, Lebanon
  16. 5 The Al Rasheed and the Palestine, Baghdad, Iraq
  17. 6 The Holiday Inn, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
  18. Postscript: The Demise of the War Hotel
  19. Select Bibliography
  20. Index
  21. Plates