William Harris

The Levant: A Fractured Mosaic William Harris Updated & expanded edition

Marc Notes: Perched between three continents - Africa, Asia, and Europe - the Levant is a crossroads of world history. This book surveys the pageant of peoples, armies, empires, and regimes that have featured in the Levant's dramatic story. Completely revised, this new edition features updates on Israeli-Palestinian affairs, Lebanon's paralysis, social and environmental pressures in Jordan and Syria, and Turkey's regional role.

Contributor Bio:  Harris, William Born and bred in Scotland, William Harris is a retired journalist who lives in Johannesburg, South Africa with his second wife of more than 40 years. These memoirs were inspired by friends and family urging him to 'write down' the experiences he sometimes recounted about his life as a child living in Scotland and later as a member of the elite 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines. The latter half of the book is devoted to his exciting, often frightening, experiences as a journalist in Kenya, the Belgian Congo, Rhodesia and South Africa.