1st Edition

Jordan's Palestinian Challenge, 1948-1983 A Political History

By Clinton Bailey Copyright 1984
    158 Pages
    by Routledge

    158 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book attempts to portray the thirty-five-year struggle between the Hashimite monarchy and the forces of Palestinian nationalism over the future identity, and perhaps location, of those two-thirds of the Palestinian people who have been Jordanian subjects since 1948.

    Preface -- Introduction The Hashimite-Palestinian Struggle -- Jordan, 1948–1967 -- After the Six-Day War -- The Expulsion of the PLO -- In the Wake of the 1973 War -- After the Sadat Peace Initiative -- In the Wake of the Lebanon War: The Reagan Proposals -- Conclusions Legitimacy Above All Else