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The iron cage : the story of the Palestinian struggle for statehood / Rashid Khalidi.
By: Khalidi, Rashid
Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, c2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: xlii, 281 p. : maps ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0807003085 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780807003084Subject(s): Fatḥ (Organization) | Ekalte (Extinct city) | Palestinian Arabs -- Politics and government -- 20th century | National liberation movements -- Palestine | Arab-Israeli conflict | Palestinian National AuthorityDDC classification: 956.9405 LOC classification: DS113.6 | .K365 2006Online resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description
Contents:
Introduction: Writing Middle Eastern history in a time of historical amnesia -- Arab society in Mandatory Palestine -- The Palestinians and the British mandate -- A failure of leadership -- The revolt, 1948 and afterward -- Fateh, the PLO, and the PA: the Palestinian para-state -- Stateless in Palestine -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-263) and index.
Introduction: Writing Middle Eastern history in a time of historical amnesia -- 1. Arab society in Mandatory Palestine -- 2. The Palestinians and the British mandate -- 3. A failure of leadership -- 4. The revolt, 1948 and afterward -- 5. Fateh, the PLO, and the PA: the Palestinian para-state -- 6. Stateless in Palestine -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.