Under Siege: PLO Decisionmaking During the 1982 War
Rashid Khalidi
Abstract
This book is a 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, the book paints a 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 considers developments across the Middle East in the thirty years since the conflict. The preface also cites recently declassified Israe ... More
Keywords: Lebanon War, P.L.O., Beirut, siege, military pressure, Palestinian civilians, Lebanese civilians, Middle East, Israel
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2014 | Print ISBN-13: 9780231166690 |
| Published to Columbia Scholarship Online: November 2015 | DOI:10.7312/columbia/9780231166690.001.0001 |
