Book by Jamal R. Nassar and Roger Heacock provides interdisciplinary scholarly analysis of the First Intifada, examining its social, economic, cultural, and political dimensions. Contributors explore the internal dynamics of Palestinian society that gave rise to the uprising and its implications for regional politics. An early comparative and theoretical assessment of the intifada as a form of popular resistance and national mobilization in the West Bank and Gaza. Valuable for political scientists, historians, and students seeking interdisciplinary analysis of the First Intifada, including its social, economic, and cultural dimensions alongside its political and military aspects.