Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308) and indexes.
Contents:
The leadership crisis of the Palestinian national movement, 1937-1963 : the decline from power of Mufti Haj Amin al-Husayni -- En route to a crisis of leadership : the 1930s through World War II -- Return of the mufti and increased Arab involvement in the Filastin issue -- The all-Palestine government, September 1948 : historical failure of leadership or default option? -- The Palestinians in the absence of leadership, 1949-1963 -- National revival : the 1950s as the formative years of the new Palestinian national movement -- The Nakba generation -- The "sons of the Nakba" generation : emergent leadership of the new Palestinian national movement -- Manifestations of the Palestinian national awakening : the Arab nationalists movement -- Fatah, the Ba'th Party, and the General Union of Palestinian Students -- The Palestinians of the Gaza Strip under the Egyptian government -- The West Bank Palestinians under Hashemite rule : the "Palestinization" process in the shadow of Egyptian subversion and influence -- The Palestinians under the Hashemite regime -- First crisis : aftermath of the IDF raid on Qibya -- Second crisis : in the shadow of Egyptian subversion -- December 1955-April 1957 -- The crisis of April 1963 : West Bank Palestinians and the revival of a Palestinian entity -- The Palestinians of Jordan, 1965-1966 : between Shuqayri, Husayn, and the emergence of Fatah -- The crisis of November 1966 : the aftermath of the IDF raid on Samu' -- Ahmad al-Shuqayri : between the Arab hammer and Palestinian anvil, 1964-1967 -- A predictable failure of leadership and the peak of a leadership crisis -- Ahmad al-Shuqayri's path to PLO leadership -- The struggle over leadership of the PLO : emergence of Fatah and decline in Shuqayri's status, 1965-1966 -- The leadership crisis escalates : June 1966-May 1967 -- Shuqayri : the end of the road -- June-December 1967 -- Conclusion.
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