Intifada : the long day of rage /

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Pratt, David,

Source:

Casemate,, Philadelphia, p.278 pages : (2006)

ISBN:

9781932033632

Call Number:

DS119.75

Mots-clés:

Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-, Arab-Israeli conflict, Arab-Israeli conflict., Conflit israélo-arabe., fast, Intifada d'Al-Aqsa, 2000-, Intifada, 1987-1993., nli

Notes:

Originally published: Glasgow: Sunday Herald Books.Includes bibliographical references.From the War of the Stones in the 1980s, to the eruption of the al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000, and the ultimate rise of Hamas, this is an eyewitness tour through the Islamic hotbeds, beleaguered refugee camps, and bomb-makers' dens of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Above all, it is a gripping and graphic account of a people's struggle to shake off oppression as viewed from the ground zero of besieged Ramallah and the ruins of a shell-shattered Jenin.--From publisher description.A day of rage -- War of the stones -- Apocalypse tomorrow -- The bulldozer in the china shop -- The resistance escalates -- "I have a feeling this is going to be very bad" -- Rocket the casbah -- Another brick in the wall -- The demise of the enigma -- The changing of the guard.