Description
This historical analysis, from the Ottoman period to the Arab Revolt of 1939, examines the early years of the Palestinian national movement within the wider cultural, socioeconomic and political context of the Arab World. This work discusses the great challenges that imperialism and Zionism posed for the region and traces the growth of the Arab liberation movement and its offshoot, the Palestinian national movement. The author, a professor of history at Birzeit University, explores the tensions between Palestinian nationalists and Arab leaders, as well as the failure of the traditional leadership in coping with the transformations in Palestinian and Arab society.
