The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi - Non Fiction - Paperback

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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781781259344
Publisher: Profile Books

Overview:
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine is Rashid Khalidi's landmark history of the Palestinian struggle, told through six defining episodes from 1917 to the present day. Blending rigorous scholarship with family archives and personal memory, Khalidi reframes the conflict as a settler-colonial war waged against the Palestinian people, rather than a simple clash between two equal nationalisms. Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize and a New York Times bestseller, it is essential reading for anyone seeking a clear-eyed, deeply researched account of the roots of the conflict.

About the Book:
Beginning in the closing years of the Ottoman Empire, Khalidi traces a century of dispossession through six pivotal "declarations of war": the Balfour Declaration, the Great Revolt of the 1930s, the Nakba of 1948, the 1967 occupation, the Lebanon war of 1982, and the failure of the Oslo peace process. Drawing on his own family's papers, letters and diaries stretching back generations, alongside newly opened archives, Khalidi weaves together the voices of journalists, diplomats, poets and resistance leaders to build a multifaceted narrative. He interlaces this history with personal recollection, including memories of the siege of Beirut in 1982. The result is a book that reads with the narrative pull of a memoir while carrying the evidentiary weight of serious historical research. Khalidi is unflinching in examining how early Zionist leaders themselves described their project in colonial terms, and how this shaped both Palestinian nationalism and the international community's response. For students, journalists, policymakers and general readers alike, it offers indispensable context for understanding the news headlines of today.

Key Benefits:

• A rigorously researched yet highly readable history from one of the foremost scholars of the Middle East.
• Draws on unique family archives and personal testimony spanning four generations.
• Structured around six clear turning points, making a complex century of history easy to follow.
• Widely acclaimed: New York Times bestseller and shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize.
• Essential context for understanding contemporary events in Israel and Palestine.
• An ideal gift for readers of history, politics and international affairs.

About the Author:
Rashid Khalidi is a Palestinian-American historian and the Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. A leading authority on the modern Middle East, he served as editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies for many years and is the author of several acclaimed works including Palestinian Identity, The Iron Cage and Brokers of Deceit. His writing has appeared in major publications including the New York Times, and he brings both scholarly rigour and personal family history to his account of the Palestinian experience.

Why You'll Love This Book:
A gripping, meticulously sourced history that combines personal testimony with serious scholarship, offering readers a fresh and necessary lens on one of the defining conflicts of our time.

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