The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

The International Bestseller

Rashid I. Khalidi

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English

Profile
01 March 2020

History; Middle Eastern history

Renowned scholar and historian Professor Khalidi draws on primary sources to give an intensely personal account of a century of conflict in Palestine.

This is not a happy story. The Balfour Declaration of 1917 promised the Jews a homeland where the Palestinians already lived. The 1917 capture of Jerusalem by British forces and the formalisation of British colonial power over what became Mandatory Palestine under the terms of the treaty of Versailles. Despite constant bloodshed and uprisings, that impossible arrangement continued until 1948 when it was ended by what Israelis call the War of Independence and the Palestinians the Nakba, or Tragedy. Worse was to follow with conclusion of the Six Day War in 1967 and Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, previously respectively under Jordanian and Egyptian rule. Since then, the Palestinian story has been one of occupation and resistance.

In this book, Professor Khalidi interweaves voices such as that of the 19th century Arab mayor of Jerusalem who predicted the coming conflict, nationalist writer and educator Muhammad 'Izzat Darwaza, and leaders of the PLO including Faysal Husayni, Hanan Ashrawi, and Yasser Arafat with his own account as a child of a UN official and a resident of Beirut during its 1982 siege. The result is an intensely personal history of one of the most long-running and controversial modern conflicts.

By: Rashid I. Khalidi
Imprint: Profile
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 645g
ISBN: 9781781259337
ISBN 10: 178125933X
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 March 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Professor Rashid I. Khalidi is a Palestinian American historian and the Edward Said professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University where he also serves as the director of the Middle East institute. He is the editor of the Journal of Palestine. His previous books include Palestinian Identity, The Iron Cage, and Brokers of Deceit.

Reviews for The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: The International Bestseller

Praise for Rashid Khalidi 'For those of us who believe that a two-state solution ... Rashid Khalidi's trenchant analysis is powerful and disturbing.' -- Jeffrey Sachs, author of The End of Poverty Rashid Khalidi's extraordinary book [Resurrecting Empire] is enormously relevant for our times -- Joseph Stiglitz Khalidi's role is as a historian, working to show how historical forces ... have shaped the modern Middle East. He takes particular delight in demolishing the various cliches used to describe the Middle East' -- Chris Hedges * New York Times *