Title: Policy Options in Lebanon: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session (January 11, 1984)
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington D.C.
Format: Softcover / Official Congressional Hearing Print
Publication Year: 1984
Up for sale is a scarce and historically significant original U.S. Government Printing Office publication: "Policy Options in Lebanon", documenting the vital Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing held on January 11, 1984.
This crucial document captures the intense, real-time legislative debate following the catastrophic October 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing. Held at a major turning point in Middle Eastern geopolitics, this hearing features high-level testimonies and strategic assessments as Congress and the Reagan administration grappled with the deteriorating security situation, the multinational peacekeeping force's future, and the imminent withdrawal of U.S. forces from Lebanon.
Because these official committee prints were produced in strictly limited numbers for legislative, intelligence, and diplomatic use, original copies are highly scarce and deeply valued by military historians and political science collectors.
This exceptional copy comes directly from the personal library of Carl W. Ford, Jr., one of the United States' premier Cold War intelligence officials and East Asian specialists. His distinguished career in public service and national security includes serving as:
Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (INR) under Secretary of State Colin Powell (2001–2003).
China Strategic Intelligence Officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
Senior China Military Analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
National Intelligence Officer for East Asia at the CIA and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia and the Pacific.
Note on Provenance Verification: A cropped copy of the original estate sale flyer (Vintage Vibes Flyer Honorable Carl W. Ford.jpg) has been included in the photo gallery as visual verification of this book's origin from the Ford estate.
This volume is part of a premier, 100-book collection acquired directly from the private reference library of the Honorable Carl W. Ford, Jr. over the July 4th, 2026 weekend. His lifetime collection features an extraordinary depth of Asian history books, rare publications, political documents, and cultural memorabilia spanning decades of international service.
Over the coming days, I will be listing many more scarce volumes from this incredible estate.
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