The Palestinian People : Seeking Sovereignty and State.

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Notes -- Ch1- The 1936-1939 Revolt and the Legacy of Disintegration -- April-October 1936: General Strike -- October 1936-July 1937: Diplomatic Efforts -- August 1937-September 1938: The Height of the Revolt -- Fall 1938-Mid-1939: Disintegration -- Legacy of the Revolt -- The Revolt in Palestinian Recollection and Historiography -- Notes -- Ch2- 1939-1945: Times of Confusion -- The Mufti: Leading from Afar -- The Palestinian Community During World War II -- Collapse of Self-Leadership -- Notes -- Ch3- 1945-1948:First Signs of Revival Before the Tempest -- The Husaynis and the Obstruction of an Alternate Leadership -- Ideological Political Parties -- Attempts to Organize Popular Forces: Youth, Workers, Women -- Table 3.1 Members of the Arab Workers' Union -- Economic and Social Aspects: Rehabilitation and Its Failure -- Cultural Aspects -- Impending Disaster -- Notes -- Ch4- The War of 1948: The Nakba -- Arab Factionalism and the Partition Plan -- The United Nations and the Partition Plan -- The Palestinians, Arab Countries, and the Beginning of the Fight for the Land -- Establishment of the State of Israel and Arrival of the Arab Armies -- Arab Armies and Fighting Zones -- Table 4.1 Arab and Israeli Combat Forces, 1948 -- Arab Countries and Palestinian Independence -- The War of 1948 in Palestinian Historiography -- Notes -- Ch5- From Nakba to Naksa: 1948-1967 -- Annexation of the West Bank to the Kingdom of Transjordan -- The Gaza Strip Under Egyptian Rule -- Emergence of the Palestinian-Arab Minority in Israel -- Palestinian Refugees in the Diaspora -- Palestinian Refugees in Jordan -- Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip -- Palestinian Refugees in Israel -- Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon -- Palestinian Refugees in Syria -- Palestinian Refugees in Iraq.

Aftermath of the Nakba: Rehabilitation Efforts and the Inter-Arab Domain -- Aftermath of the Nakba: Attempts at Rehabilitating Self-Efficacy -- Revival of Armed Conflict: Circumventing an Independent Palestinian Struggle -- Establishment of Fatah -- Notes -- Ch6- In the Wake of the June 1967 Defeat -- Toward the War of June 1967 -- Defeat of the Arab Armies and Rise of Fatah -- Fatah and "Guerrilla Warfare Among a Supportive Local Population" -- Fatah and Guerrilla Warfare Replace Arab Armies -- Al-Qawmiyyoun al-'Arab: From Arab Nationalism to a Marxist Front -- The Communists and the Armed Conflict -- The Palestine Liberation Army and Revival of the Fida'iyyun -- Fatah Assumes Control of the PLO -- Notes -- Ch7- The Confrontation with Jordan -- Karameh Day -- Deterioration of the Relationship with Jordan -- Beginning of the Conflict -- The Arab Domain and the Black September Battles -- The End of Operations in Jordan -- Gaza as an Alternative to Jordan: The Failure -- Husayn's Federation Plan -- Notes -- Ch8- Establishing"Fatahland" -- The Cairo Treaty of 1969 -- Expanding the Circle of Violence: Black September and Munich -- Return to Lebanon -- Notes -- Ch9- The PLO at Home and Abroad -- The Palestinians and the War of October 1973 -- Return to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip -- Palestinian Arabs in Israel: Connecting with Their People -- Notes -- Ch10- In the Lebanese Maelstrom: Arafat Loses Ground -- War Erupts -- The Confrontation with Israel and Moving Out of Lebanon -- Notes -- Ch11- The Move to Tunisia -- The PLO Reaches an Impasse -- The Palestinians in Lebanon -- The Palestinians in Jordan -- The Palestinians in Israel -- Notes -- Ch12- The First Intifada and Advancing Toward Oslo -- The Intifada: The PLO Regains Its Strength -- Abu Jihad -- The Islamic Alternative: Hamas and Jihad.

Arafat Resumes the Political Option: From Madrid to Oslo -- Notes -- Ch13- The Oslo Accords: Leading Where? -- Notes -- Ch14- The Struggle Between Fatah and Hamas -- Notes -- Ch15- The Palestinians in the Whirlwind of the Arab Spring -- Notes -- Afterword -- Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book.

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