American Sheikhs: Two Families, Four Generations, and the Story of America's Influence in the Middle East

by Brian VanDeMark

Book Overview

American Sheikhs is the story of a great institution-the American University of Beirut (AUB)-and the families who created and fostered it for almost 150 years. Author Brian VanDeMark's vivid narrative includes not onlythe colorful history of AUB and many memorable episodes in a family saga, but also larger and more important themes. In the story of the efforts of these two families to build a great school with alternating audacity, arrogance, generosity,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616144769
• ISBN13: 9781616144760
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"