Starving the Cedars

When World War I tore through Europe, a silent and infinitely more cruel tragedy was unfolding on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean. The Great Famine of Mount Lebanon wiped out nearly a third of the region's population between 1915 and 1918. Yet, no bullets were fired. The devastation was the result of a perfectly orchestrated nightmare: a suffocating Allied naval blockade, punitive Ottoman ...