Arafats War

Author : Efraim Karsh
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 1555846602
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arafat's War written by Efraim Karsh and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A noted historian analyzes Yasser Arafat’s role in destabilizing the Middle East in a book praised as “eye-opening and exhaustively researched” (New York Post). Offering the first comprehensive account of the collapse of the most promising peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, historian Efraim Karsh details Arafat’s efforts since the historic Oslo Accords in building an extensive terrorist infrastructure, his failure to disarm the extremist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and the Palestinian Authority’s systematic efforts to indoctrinate hate and contempt for the Israeli people through rumor and religious zealotry. Arafat has irrevocably altered the Middle East’s political landscape, and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict will always be Arafat’s war.

Author : Elizabeth Ferber
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 9781562945855
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yasir Arafat written by Elizabeth Ferber and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of PLO chairman Yasir Arafat that combines the story of his life with that of the Arab-Israli battle over Palestine.

Author : Menachem Klein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197513816
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arafat and Abbas written by Menachem Klein and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark volume presents vivid and intimate portraits of Palestinian Presidents Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas, revealing the impact these different personalities have had on the struggle for national self-determination. Arafat and Abbas lived in Palestine as young children. Uprooted by the 1948 war, they returned in 1994 to serve as the first and second presidents of the Palestinian Authority, the establishment of which has been the Palestine Liberation Organization's greatest step towards self-determination for the Palestinian nation. Both Arafat and Abbas were shaped by earlier careers in the PLO, and each adopted their own controversial leadership methods and decision-making styles. Drawing on primary sources in Arabic, Hebrew and English, Klein gives special attention to the lesser known Abbas: his beliefs and his disagreements with Israeli and American counterparts. The book uncovers new details about Abbas' peace talks and US foreign policy towards Palestine, and analyses the political evolution of Hamas and Abbas' succession struggle. Klein also highlights the tension between the ageing leader and his society. Arafat and Abbas offers a comprehensive and balanced account of the Palestinian Authority's achievements and failures over its twenty- five years of existence. What emerges is a Palestinian nationalism that refuses to disappear.

Author : Saïd K. Aburish
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0747544301
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arafat written by Saïd K. Aburish and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1999-09-27 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the Palestinian leader

Author : Jonathan Schanzer
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1137365641
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book State of Failure written by Jonathan Schanzer and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biggest obstacle to Palestinian statehood may not be Israel In September 2011, president Mahmoud Abbas stood before the United Nations General Assembly and dramatically announced his intention to achieve recognition of Palestinian statehood. The United States roundly opposed the move then, but two years later, Washington revived dreams for Palestinian statehood through bilateral diplomacy with Israel. But are the Palestinians prepared for the next step? In State of Failure, Middle East expert Jonathan Schanzer argues that the reasons behind Palestine's inertia are far more complex than we realize. Despite broad international support, Palestinian independence is stalling because of internal mismanagement, not necessarily because of Israeli intransigence. Drawing on exclusive sources, the author shows how the PLO under Yasser Arafat was ill prepared for the task of statebuilding. Arafat's successor, Mahmoud Abbas, used President George W. Bush's support to catapult himself into the presidency. But the aging leader, now four years past the end of his elected term, has not only failed to implement much needed reforms but huge sums of international aid continue to be squandered, and the Palestinian people stand to lose everything as a result. Supporters of Palestine and Israel alike will find Schanzer's narrative compelling at this critical juncture in Middle Eastern politics.

Author : Alan Hart
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253327116
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arafat, a Political Biography written by Alan Hart and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Shlomo Ben-Ami
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195325427
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scars of War, Wounds of Peace written by Shlomo Ben-Ami and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful and thorough account of the Arab-Israeli conflict ranges from the birth of Israel to the present day, told from firsthand knowledge of the major characters and events, written by a former high-ranking Israeli official.

Author : David Downing
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN 13 : 9781588105837
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yasser Arafat written by David Downing and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the Nobel Prize winner and president of the Palestinian National Authority, which governs the areas of the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

Author : Barry Rubin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195181271
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yasir Arafat written by Barry Rubin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-03 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the life of controversial Palestinian political leader Yasir Arafat, describing his early years in Egypt and his decades in the Palestinian Liberation Organization, assessing whether his work for his people has done them more harm than good.

Author : Anthony David
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628726318
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Improbable Friendship written by Anthony David and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Improbable Friendship is the dual biography of Israeli Ruth Dayan, now ninety-eight, who was Moshe Dayan’s wife for thirty-seven years, and Palestinian journalist Raymonda Tawil, Yasser Arafat’s mother-in-law, now seventy-four. It reveals for the first time the two women’s surprising and secret forty-year friendship and delivers the story of their extraordinary and turbulent lives growing up in a war-torn country. Based on personal interviews, diaries, and journals drawn from both women—Ruth lives today in Tel Aviv, Raymonda in Malta—author Anthony David delivers a fast-paced, fascinating narrative that is a beautiful story of reconciliation and hope in a climate of endless conflict. By experiencing their stories and following their budding relationship, which began after the Six-Day War in 1967, we learn the behind-the-scenes, undisclosed history of the Middle East’s most influential leaders from two prominent women on either side of the ongoing conflict. An award-winning biographer and historian, Anthony David brings us the story of unexpected friendship while he discovers the true pasts of two outstanding women. Their story gives voice to Israelis and Palestinians caught in the Middle East conflict and holds a persistent faith in a future of peace. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.