The St. George Hotel Bar

By Saïd K. Aburish

Book Overview

Until its destruction in 1975, the luxurious St George Hotel was the cosmopolitan centre of Beirut, a meeting place for spies, including Kim Philby, CIA men such as Miles Copeland, diplomats, journalists, politicians and oil sheikhs. The author examines the plots and counterplots, stretching over a quarter of a century, which were formulated at the hotel. Incidents which helped to shape Middle Eastern history are related, such as an attempt to overthrow King Hussein and the assassination of a Syrian president.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747502218
• ISBN13: 9780747502210
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.