Under Siege: PLO Decisionmaking During the 1982 War

Under Siege: PLO Decisionmaking During the 1982 War
ISBN-10
0231535953
ISBN-13
9780231535953
Series
Under Siege
Category
History
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2014-01-04
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Author
Rashid Khalidi

Description

Under Siege is Rashid Khalidi's firsthand account of the 1982 Lebanon War and the complex negotiations for the evacuation of the P.L.O. from Beirut. Utilizing unconventional sources and interviews with key officials and diplomats, Khalidi paints a detailed portrait of the siege and ensuing massacres, providing insight into the military pressure experienced by the P.L.O., the war's impact on Palestinian and Lebanese civilians, and diplomatic efforts by the United States. A new preface by Khalidi considers developments across the Middle East in the thirty years since the conflict. The preface also cites recently declassified Israeli documents to offer surprising new revelations about the roles and responsibilities of both Israeli leaders and American diplomats in the tragic coda to the war, the Sabra and Shatila massacres.

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