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Khalidi, Rashid.
Under siege : PLO decisionmaking during the 1982 war : with a new preface by the author / Rashid Khalidi.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-231-16669-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) —
ISBN 978-0-231-53595-3 (e-book)
1. Lebanon—History—Israeli intervention, 1982–1985.
2. Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyah. 3. Palestinian Arabs—Lebanon—Politics and government. I. Title.
DS87.53.K48 2014
956.05’2—dc23
2013023427
A Columbia University Press E-book.
Cover design by Martin Hinze Cover image: The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) firing position at Ba’abda near Beirut, Lebanon, during shelling of PLO positions, 1982. © Micha Bar Am/Magnum photos
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