The global offensive [[electronic resource] ] : the United States, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the making of the post-cold war order / / Paul Thomas Chamberlin
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Chamberlin Paul Thomas
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| Titolo: |
The global offensive [[electronic resource] ] : the United States, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the making of the post-cold war order / / Paul Thomas Chamberlin
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 327.7305609 |
| 956.9405 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Terrorism |
| Palestinian Arabs - Politics and government - 20th century | |
| Arab-Israeli conflict - Influence | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Palestinian National Authority |
| Middle East Foreign relations United States | |
| United States Foreign relations Middle East | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Palestinian Liberation and the Dawn of the Post-Cold War Era; 1. The Struggle Against Oppression Everywhere; 2. The Storm; 3. Nixon, Kissinger, and the Terror of a Postimperial World; 4. The Jordanian Civil War; 5. A Worldwide Interlocking Terrorist Network; 6. "The Torch Has Been Passed from Vietnam to Us"; 7. The Diplomatic Struggle; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Sommario/riassunto: | On March 21, 1968, Yasir Arafat and his guerrillas made the fateful decision to break with conventional guerrilla tactics, choosing to stand and fight an Israeli attack on the al-Karama refugee camp in Jordan. They suffered terrible casualties, but they won a stunning symbolic victory that transformed Arafat into an Arab hero and allowed him to launch a worldwide campaign, one that would reshape Cold War diplomacy and revolutionary movements everywhere.In The Global Offensive, historian Paul Thomas Chamberlin offers new insights into the rise of the Palestine Liberation Organization in its ful |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The global offensive |
| ISBN: | 0-19-997711-9 |
| 1-283-57677-5 | |
| 9786613889225 | |
| 0-19-981146-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785618003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Oxford Studies in International History