Under Siege: PLO Decisionmaking During the 1982 War

by Rashid Khalidi

Genres: History, Middle East, Politics, Lebanon, War, Nonfiction, 20th Century

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 15, 1985

About the author

Rashid Ismail Khalidi (Arabic: رشيد إسماعيل خالدي; born 18 November 1948) is a Palestinian-American historian of the Middle East and the Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. He served as editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies from 2002 until 2020, when he became co-editor with Sherene Seikaly.

He has authored a number of books, including The Hundred Years' War on Palestine and Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness; has served as president of the Middle East Studies Association; and has taught at the Lebanese University, the American University of Beirut, Georgetown University, and the University of Chicago.

For his work on the Middle East, Professor Khalidi has received fellowships and grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the American Research Center in Egypt, and the Rockefeller Foundation, among others.

In October 2010, Khalidi delivered the annual Edward Said memorial lecture at the Palestine Center in Washington. He is the Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Colombia University. On October 8, 2024, Khalidi retired from Columbia University citing the university's crackdown on pro-Palestinian student protests, which he had vocally supported, and the transformation of the university into a "hedge fund-cum-real estate operation, with a minor sideline in education" as reasons for his retirement.

Reviews

[El · Rating 4 out of 5]

يمكن إضافة عنوان فرعي للكتاب "قصة خيانة"، كيف تعرضت الثورة الفلسطينية للتصفية في بيروت على أيدي النظام العربي كله بالتواطؤ مع الصهاينة والإمبرياليين، كما يفتح الكتاب مجالاً لمزيد من المرارة حول الدور الذي لعبته سوريا الأسد في تقويض النضال الفلسطيني بشراكة مع السعودية، وفي امتداد للدور الخياني الذي لعبه الأسد في حرب السنتين حين فك المشنقة عن عنق اليمين اللبناني!