Noe, Nicholas. Editor. Voices of Hezbollah: The Statements of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

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Noe, Nicholas. Editor. Voices of Hezbollah: The Statements of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. London, UK: Verso, 2007. Paper $19.95.

The book offers two decades of statements 32 altogether by the Party's Secretary-General. Nasrallah's interview following the war of July 2006 is also included. The volume is introduced by Nicholas Blanford, the author of Killing Mr. Lebanon: The Assassination of Rafik Hariri and its impact on the Middle East.

In his introduction, Blanford gives a brief history of Nasrallah's background, organizational skills, and charisma. He noted that even though in the past fourteen years of leadership he was an influential political player, relatively little is known about this architect of Hezbollah's accomplishments. He says that Nasrailah remains something of an enigma (1), and that his leadership is the glue that binds the Party together and whoever takes over would not be able replace him in substance (13).

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