LEADER 04618nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910966569003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-299-56256-6 010 $a0-8070-0315-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000541955 035 $a(OCoLC)646769124 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10256063 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000376743 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11298236 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376743 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10335217 035 $a(PQKB)10447739 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16120814 035 $a(PQKB)21496313 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3117993 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6066191 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3117993 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10256063 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL487506 035 $a(OCoLC)922967703 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6066191 035 $a(OCoLC)1081249372 035 $a(BIP)46955890 035 $a(BIP)14054542 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000541955 100 $a20070814e20072006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acz 200 14$aThe iron cage $ethe story of the Palestinian struggle for statehood /$fRashid Khalidi 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBoston $cBeacon Press$d2007, c2006 215 $a1 online resource (325 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$aPrint version: Khalidi, Rashid. The iron cage : the story of the Palestinian struggle for statehood Boston : Beacon Press, 2007, c2006. (OCoLC)69021035 0-8070-0309-3 0-8070-0308-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-263) and index. 327 $tIntroduction: Writing Middle Eastern history in a time of historical amnesia --$g1.$tArab society in Mandatory Palestine --$g2.$tThe Palestinians and the British mandate --$g3.$tA failure of leadership --$g4.$tThe revolt, 1948 and afterward --$g5.$tFateh, the PLO, and the PA: the Palestinian para-state --$g6.$tStateless in Palestine --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex. 330 $aAt a time when a lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of their conflict is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In "The Iron Cage," Rashid Khalidi, one of the most respected historians and political observers of the Middle East, homes in on Palestinian politics and history. By drawing on a wealth of experience and scholarship, Khalidi provides a lucid context for the realities on the ground today, a context that has been, until now, notably lacking in our discourse. The story of the Palestinian search to establish a state begins in the mandate period immediately following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, the era of British control, when fledgling Arab states were established by the colonial powers with assurances of eventual independence. Mandatory Palestine was a place of real promise, with unusually high literacy rates and a relatively advanced economy. But the British had already begun to construct an iron cage to hem in the Palestinians, and the Palestinian leadership made a series of errors that would eventually prove crippling to their dream of independence. The Palestinians' struggle intensified in the stretch before and after World War II, when colonial control of the region became increasingly unpopular, population shifts began with heavy Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe, and power began to devolve to the United States. In this crucial period, Palestinian leaders continued to run up against the walls of the ever-constricting iron cage. They proved unable to achieve their long-cherished goal of establishing an independent state--a critical failure that set a course for the decades that followed, right through the eras of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas. Rashid Khalidi's engrossing narrative of this torturous history offers much-needed perspective for anyone concerned about peace in the Middle East. 606 $aPalestinian Arabs$xPolitics and government$y20th century 606 $aNational liberation movements$zPalestine 606 $aArab-Israeli conflict 607 $aPalestinian National Authority 615 0$aPalestinian Arabs$xPolitics and government 615 0$aNational liberation movements 615 0$aArab-Israeli conflict. 676 $a956.9405 700 $aKhalidi$b Rashid$0250265 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966569003321 996 $aThe iron cage$94472916 997 $aUNINA