The Global Offensive: The United States, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Making of the Post-Cold War Order
(Part of the Oxford Studies in International History Series)
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On March 21, 1968, Yasir Arafat and his guerrillas made the fateful decision to break with conventional guerrilla tactics, choosing to stand and fight an Israeli attack on the al-Karama refugee camp in Jordan. They suffered terrible casualties, but they won a stunning symbolic victory that transformed Arafat into an Arab hero and allowed him to launch a worldwide campaign, one that would reshape Cold War diplomacy and revolutionary movements everywhere...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0190217820
ISBN13:9780190217822
Release Date:January 2015
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:338 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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