Charles Helou and the prelude to war (PODCAST 8-21-2020)

Picking back up with our series on the Lebanese Civil War, we look at the presidency of Charles Helou. Though he was not a domineering figure himself like his predecessor Fuad Chehab, Helou’s term was marked by a major banking scandal and two external events that brought the PLO to the fore in Lebanon and put the final pieces in place for what’s about t…