Kim Ghattas examines an American’s assassination in Lebanon

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  Kim Ghattas examines an American’s assassination in Lebanon in her book “The Best Kind of American.”

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  The book explores what the killing reveals about chaos in the Middle East.

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  The New York Times published a review of the book on October 12, 2026.

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  The assassination took place four decades before the review.

Who

An American was assassinated; the person is not named.

What

Kim Ghattas’s book examines what the assassination reveals about chaos in the Middle East.

When

The assassination was four decades before the review, which was published on October 12, 2026.

Where

Lebanon.

Why

The book examines what the assassination reveals about chaos in the Middle East.

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