Green March, Black September: The Story of the Palestinian Arabs (Routledge Library Editions: Israel and Palestine) - Hardcover

Cooley, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138904805 ISBN 13: 9781138904804

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

In March 1968 Palestinian guerrillas and Jordanian troops combined forces to respond to Israeli raids into Jordan, provoking visions of new unity and future military success. Yet by September 1970 mounting friction between the Palestinian guerrillas in Jordan and King Hussein’s regime came to a head with the hijackings at Dawson’s Field and the defeat by Jordan’s forces of the Palestinians. The savagery of the fighting and the bitter consequences for the Palestinian guerrillas gave this month the name Black September: a name that was to reappear ominously in months to come. Who are the Palestinians? Many people only became aware of their existence because of terrorism, particularly the Black September operation at the Munich Olympics. Yet the Palestinians are at the very heart of the Middle East problem, and this book, first published in 1973, tells their story. The core of the book describes the emergence of the various guerrilla groups, joined by Palestinians hopeful of regaining lost land and lost dignity, and the ideologies and differences of the groups. There are personal interviews with some of the main leaders, and other chapters examine the relationships and interaction between the Palestinian groups and the Soviet bloc, the Chinese, the Third World, the West, and most important, the Israelis themselves.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The West Bank of the Jordan river has been the core area of the Palestinian-Arab community and of its national movement. It has also become since 1967 the new confrontation ground in the century- old conflict between Arab and Jewish nationalism over Palestine/ Eretz Israel. Simultaneously, its destiny is likely to become a crucial test case of the developing Egyptian-Israeli peace process in the Middle East.

About the Author:

Elie Kedourie, at the time of his death in 1992, was Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of London and Fellow of the British Academy. Author of numerous books, he was a leading authority on nationalism, and on the Arab and Jewish worlds.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1138904805
• ISBN 13: 9781138904804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 286