ISBN10: 0813379199, ISBN13: 9780813379197, [publisher: Westview Press] Hardcover Hardcover, xiv + 255 pages, bibliography, index. Missing the dust jacket. Internally in very good condition. Ex-institute of technology library, marked "withdrawn": an external stamp on all outer page edges; internal markings limited to a couple of stamps on the title page. Interior is clean and bright throughout, untanned, with unmarked text and firm binding; sharp uncreased page corners. Boards show extensive sunning on/along the spine and edges of the front panel; impressions of removed labels with some non-sticky glue residue on the back.--- Drawing on extensive interviews with senior leaders in the PLO and its consequent organizations, this book examines the PLO's Lebanese era in the broader theoretical context of relations between a national liberation movement and a sanctuary state. The author analyzes the PLO's relations with the Lebanese government, its role in the civil war, the consequences of escalating conflict with Israel, and the challenges facing the Palestine movement after Israel's 1982 invasion. Throughout, he focuses on the PLO's efforts to maintain a secure political and military base of operations in Lebanon. Summary: Dilemmas of Sanctuary -- The Palestinians and Lebanon -- Rising Tensions (1969-75) -- The Lebanese Civil War (1975-76) -- Battles on Three Fronts (1976-78) -- Countdown to Confrontation (1978-82) -- Maintaining Sanctuary -- ...
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ISBN10: 0813379199, ISBN13: 9780813379197, [publisher: Boulder London : Westview Press ; Pinter Publishers] Hardcover First Edition Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 255 pp.: illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Subjects; Muna amat al-Ta r r al-Filas n yah. Lebanon. Palestine Liberation Organisation History. 1 Kg.
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1990]
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