The iron cage the story of the Palestinian struggle for statehood - Khalidi, Rashid Ismail, (1948- ...). (Boston, MA : Beacon Press, 2006)
Introduction: Writing Middle Eastern history in a time of historical amnesia -- 1. Arab society in Mandatory Palestine -- 2. The Palestinians and the British mandate -- 3. A failure of leadership -- 4. The revolt, 1948, and afterward -- 5. Fateh, the PLO, and the PA: the Palestinian para-state -- 6. Stateless in Palestine -- Notes -- Index.
Notes bibliogr. p. 219-263. Index.
Keywords: Fatah; 1900-1999; Arab-Israeli conflict; Palestinian Arabs -- Politics and government -- 20th century; National liberation movements -- Palestine; National liberation movements; Arab-Israeli conflict; Middle East -- Palestine