Yasir Arafat [[electronic resource] ] : a political biography / / Barry Rubin, Judith Colp Rubin

• Autore: Rubin Barry M
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (395 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Palestinian Arabs; Palestinian Arabs - Politics and government - 20th century; Arab-Israeli conflict
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RubinJudith Colp
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; PROLOGUE: In the Bunker, 2002; Photo pages; Afterword: The Final Flight; Notes; Glossary; Chronology; Selected Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Yasir Arafat stands as one of the most resilient, recognizable and controversial political figures of modern times. The object of unrelenting suspicion, steady admiration and endless speculation, Arafat has occupied the center stage of Middle East politics for almost four decades. Yasir Arafat is the most comprehensive political biography of this remarkable man. Forged in a tumultuous era of competing traditionalism, radicalism, Arab nationalism, and Islamist forces, the Palestinian movement was almost entirely Arafat's creation, and he became its leader at an early age. Arafat took it through
• Titolo autorizzato: Yasir Arafat
• ISBN: 0-19-029275-X; 1-280-84542-2; 9786610845422; 0-19-534618-1; 1-4294-2074-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458357503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II