1st Edition

Armed Struggle In Palestine A Political-military Analysis

By Bard E. O'neill Copyright 1978
334 Pages
by Routledge

334 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

This book investigates the Palestinian guerrilla movement and assesses the probability that the fedayeen will achieve their aim of liberating Palestine by means of protracted revolutionary insurgency. It is concerned with political revolution more conjectural question of social revolution.

1. Introduction 2. Framework for Analysis 3. The Political Context 4. Israeli Counterinsurgency and the Environment 5. Popular Support 6. Organization and Cohesion 7. External Support 8. The Uncertain Future

Biography

Bard E. O'Neill is director of Middle East Studies at the National War College and senior research fellow in the National Defense University Research Directorate. Major O'Neill holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Denver. His publications include Revolutionary Warfare in the Middle East, The Energy Crisis and U.S. Foreign Policy, which he coedited, and a number of articles dealing with Middle Eastern affairs.