Comprehensive English-language account by Helena Cobban of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, tracing its founding, factional politics, military strategy, and diplomatic evolution from the 1960s through the early 1980s. Cobban analyzes the PLO's internal structure, its relationships with Arab states, and its navigation of Cold War superpower politics while pursuing Palestinian national goals. An important historical reference for researchers studying the PLO's development, Palestinian national movement factionalism, and the history of Palestinian political leadership during the Cold War era.
