Armed Struggle In Palestine: A Political-military Analysis

by Bard E. O'neill

Overview

Bard O'Neill investigates the Palestinian guerrilla movement and assesses the probability that the fedayeen will achieve their aim of liberating Palestine-including Israel-by means of protracted revolutionary insurgency. His analytic framework incorporates several factors that have a critical bearing on the outcomes of protracted insurgencies; thes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429726972
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/20/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Bard E. O'Neill is director of Middle East Studies at the National War College and senior research fellow in the National Defense University Research Directorate. Major O'Neill holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Denver. His publications include Revolutionary Warfare in the Middle East, The Energy Crisis and U.S. Foreign Policy, which he coedited, and a number of articles dealing with Middle Eastern affairs.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Introduction -- Framework for Analysis -- The Political Context -- Israeli Counterinsurgency and the Environment -- Popular Support -- Organization and Cohesion -- External Support -- The Uncertain Future -- UN Security Council Resolution No. 242 -- Incidents and Casualties -- Refugees: Location by Country -- Terrorists Killed According to Organizational Affiliation -- Estimated Fedayeen Order of Battle