Full name: The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood

Author: Rashid Khalidi Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Politics Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780807003084 9780807003091 0807003085 0807003093

At a time when a lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of their conflict is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, one of the most respected historians and political observers of the Middle East, homes in on Palestinian politics and history. The story of the Palestinian search to establish a state begins in the mandate period immediately following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, the era of British control, when fledgling Arab states were established by the colonial powers with assurances of eventual independence. Mandatory Palestine was a place of real promise, with unusually high literacy rates among men and a relatively advanced economy. But the British had already begun to construct an iron cage to hem in the Palestinians and the Palestinian leadership made a series of errors including their overwhelming support of Hitler and the genocide of the Jews, that would eventually prove crippling to their dream of independence. Similar books: Brokers of Deceit by Rashid Khalidi Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Charles D. Smith The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe The Question of Palestine by Edward W. Said The Gun and the Olive Branch by David Hirst A History of Modern Palestine by Ilan Pappe The Iron Wall by Avi Shlaim The Politics of Dispossession by Edward W. Said Palestinian Identity by Rashid Khalidi One Palestine, Complete by Tom Segev Righteous Victims by Benny Morris The End of the Peace Process by Edward W. Said Battleground by Samuel M. Katz 1949 by Tom Segev 1948 by Benny Morris Jerusalem 1913 by Amy Dockser Marcus Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff America by Dinesh D'Souza Unfreedom of the Press by Mark R. Levin