| Description |
xix, 260 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. The rise of Yasser Arafat -- 2. Black September -- 3. Hijacked! -- 4. Arafat's escape -- 5. War and pieces of the Middle East -- 6. Book bomb -- 7. Steadfastness and confrontation -- 8. Reagan's broken promise -- 9. Invasion -- 10. Military ethics breached -- 11. Walid Jumblatt's message -- 12. A close call -- 13. Practical solutions to impractical problems -- 14. The Soviet invitation -- 15. The storming of Beirut -- 16. A terrorist at Buckingham Palace -- 17. Tension with Syria -- 18. A dangerous journey -- 19. Getting the truth out -- 20. India loves you -- 21. The handshake -- 22. Almost deported -- 23. Lost in translation -- 24. Children of the stones -- 25. A political bomb -- 26. The Abu Sharif document -- 27. Give peace a visa -- 28. The difference a paragraph can make -- 29. The ambassador's lost opportunity -- 30. The power of an embrace -- 31. Two wagers -- 32. U.S. trap -- 33. Last-minute modifications -- 34. Love and hate -- 35. Under siege -- 36. House arrest |
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Photosection appears between pages 134 and 135 |
| Summary |
Bassam Abu Sharif was one of the most notorious and dangerous terrorists in the sixties and seventies, acting as "minister of propaganda" for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and as a recruiter for terrorists (including Carlos the Jackal). In 1972, a bomb was placed in a book (the memoirs of Che Guevara) and sent to him, leaving him half-blind, deaf in one ear, and almost fingerless. He later became one of Arafat's closest advisers and one of the minds behind the Oslo Peace Treaty between Israel and the PLO. This is his first-hand account of the inner-working of Arafat's regime, the PLO, Fatah and the relationship that allowed Abu Sharif to encourage important strides toward peace. In taking readers behind the scenes of all the major events in thirty years of Middle East politics, Abu Sharif delivers a unique living history of Palestine.--Publisher description |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
AbÅ« SharÄ«f, BassÄm
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Abū Sharīf, Bassām.
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Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004.
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Munaáºáºamat al-Taá ̧¥rÄ«r al-Filasá¹-Ä«nÄ«yah -- Biography
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Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīyah -- Biography.
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Heads of state -- Palestine -- Biography.
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Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Palestinian Arabs -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
2008054700 |
| ISBN |
0230608019 |
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