The United States, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Making of the Post-Cold War Order
by
Paul Thomas Chamberlin
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
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...