A timely and compelling examination of the Palestinian dilemma,
named one of the 100 best books of the year by Publishers Weekly
In Resurrecting Empire, Rashid Khalidi dissected the failures of
colonial policy over the entire span of the modern history of the
Middle East, predicted the meltdown in Iraq that we are now
witnessing with increasing horror, and offered viable alternatives
for achieving peace in the region. His newest book, The Iron Cage,
hones in on Palestinian politics and history. Once again Khalidi
draws on a wealth of experience and scholarship to elucidate the
current conflict, using history to provide a clear-eyed view of the
situation today.
The story of the Palestinian search to establish a state begins in
the era of British control over Palestine and stretches between the
two world wars, when colonial control of the region became
increasingly unpopular and power began to shift toward the United
States. In this crucial period, and in the years immediately
following World War II, Palestinian leaders were unable to achieve
the long-cherished goal of establishing an independent state--a
critical failure that throws a bright light on the efforts of the
Palestinians to create a state in the many decades since 1948. By
frankly discussing the reasons behind this failure, Khalidi offers
a much-needed perspective for anyone concerned about peace in the
Middle East.
"Rashid Khalidi is a historian's historian. The Iron Cage is his
most accomplished effort to date . . . Magisterial in scope,
meticulous in its attention to detail, and decidedly dispassionate
in its analysis, The Iron Cage is destined to be a benchmark of its
genre." --Joel Schalit, Tikkun
"At heart a historical essay, an effort to decide why the
Palestinians . . . have failed to achieve an independent state."
--Steven Erlanger, New York Times
"Khalidi, tackling 'historical amnesia, ' brilliantly analyses the
structural handicap which hobbled the Palestinians throughout 30
years of British rule . . . Khalidi restores the Palestinians to
something more than victims, acknowledging that for all their
disadvantages, they have played their role and can (and must) still
do so to determine their own fate." --Ian Black, Guardian
"Khalidi uses history to provide a clear-eyed view of the region
and assess the prospects for peace. He strives successfully for
even-handedness." --Anthony Lewis, author of Gideon's Trumpet and
Make No Law
." . . we have to open a dialogue with Hamas--not to embrace it,
but to lay out a gradual pathway that will bring it into relations
with Israel. As Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University's Palestinian
expert and author of The Iron Cage points out: 'If we let the
Palestinian Authority be destroyed, and then we keep Hamas
isolated'--even though it won a democratic election that we
sponsored--'we will end up with the hard boys, the gangs you see
today on the streets of Gaza, who respond to no authority at all.'"
--New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman
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