David Hale Livres

The book explores Lebanon's critical geo-strategic importance in the Middle East, highlighting its role as a battleground for the influences of Israel, Syria, the United States, and Iran. It delves into American diplomatic efforts and responses to the complex interplay of local, regional, and international dynamics affecting Lebanon. Through this examination, the author sheds light on the broader implications of Lebanon's situation in a global context.

Introducing the reader to a cast of dogs, bears, pigs andpoets, Dancing under a Bloodless Moon moves back and forward through time and space, visiting a hill-fort in Wiltshire, as well as Glasgow, Poznan, Cape Town and the Gloucestershire countryside the poet knows well. Wry, surreal and full of speculation about what might or might not have happened at particular moments in time, many of these poems focus on animals and are rooted in rural England, while others deal with urban concerns, with the plight of the marginal, their detachment and despair.