Under Siege by Rashid Khalidi
PLO Strategy in the Jordanian Civil War
A detailed political and historical study of the 1982 siege of Beirut that examines how the Palestinian leadership made strategic and diplomatic choices under intense military, political, and humanitarian pressure. Drawing on interviews, documents, and contemporaneous accounts, it reconstructs the debates within the PLO, the constraints imposed by regional actors and superpowers, and the tactical dilemmas faced by its commanders and politicians. The account shows how external intervention, internal divisions, and shifting alliances shaped the evacuation and its aftermath, and assesses the siege’s long-term consequences for Palestinian national politics and regional dynamics.
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