UCSD professor returns from Beirut

Host Tom Fudge speaks to UCSD Professor Michael Provence about the violent clash between Israel and Hezbollah. Provence recently returned to San Diego from Lebanon, where he witnessed first-hand the destruction that happened in the initial days of the conflict.

Guest:

• Michael Provence , a professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at UCSD. He recently returned from Beirut, Lebanon where he had a Fulbright scholarship to teach at the American University of Beirut.

Web Resources:

• "Americans fleeing have San Diego ties," San Diego Union Tribune
• "The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism," by Michael Provence