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The global offensive : the United States, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the making of the post-cold war order / Paul Thomas Chamberlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chamberlin, Paul Thomas.
- Series:
- Oxford Studies in International History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīyah.
- Terrorism.
- Palestinian Arabs--Politics and government--20th century.
- Palestinian Arabs.
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Influence.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Palestinian National Authority.
- Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.
- Middle East.
- United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-997711-9
- 1-283-57677-5
- 9786613889225
- 0-19-981146-6
- OCLC:
- 808366944
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