Under Siege: PLO Decisionmaking During the 1982 War
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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Under Siege: PLO Decisionmaking During the 1982 War
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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Under Siege: PLO Decisionmaking During the 1982 War

Under Siege: PLO Decisionmaking During the 1982 War

by Rashid Khalidi
Under Siege: PLO Decisionmaking During the 1982 War

Under Siege: PLO Decisionmaking During the 1982 War

by Rashid Khalidi

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780231166690
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 01/04/2014
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 653,171
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile: 1570L (what's this?)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University, editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies, and the author of Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness.

Table of Contents

Preface to the 2014 Reissue
Preface
Introduction
1. The P.L.O. and the Lebanese Before the 1982 War
2. The Fall of South Lebanon and the Siege of Beirut: A Military Overview
3. P.L.O. Decisions: The Military Inputs
4. June 1982: The Decision to Leave Beirut
5. July 1982: The Decision to Accept the Habib Plan
6. Wartime Decisions and Their Consequences
Appendix
List of Abbreviations
Cast of Characters
Notes
Bibliography
Supplementary Bibliography
Index
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