{"title":"Rashid Khalidi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRashid Khalidi\u003c\/strong\u003e offers incisive explorations into Middle Eastern history with a focus on Palestine’s enduring struggles. His works intertwine detailed historical analysis with a deep understanding of regional and international dynamics, providing readers with a critical perspective on conflict, colonialism, and national identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese books are suited for anyone interested in the complexities of modern history and military affairs in the Middle East. Khalidi’s clear, authoritative voice sheds light on the longstanding issues shaping the region’s past and present, enriching the reader’s understanding of a pivotal area in global history.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-hundred-years-war-on-palestine-by-rashid-khalidi-9781250787651","title":"The Hundred Years' War on Palestine","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at Theodore Herzl: the country had an indigenous people who would not easily accept their own displacement. He warned of the perils ahead, ending his note, “in the name of God, let Palestine be left alone.” Thus Rashid Khalidi, al-Khalidi’s great-great-nephew, begins this sweeping history, the first general account of the conflict told from an explicitly Palestinian perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a wealth of untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members—mayors, judges, scholars, diplomats, and journalists—\u003cem\u003eThe Hundred Years' War on Palestine\u003c\/em\u003e upends accepted interpretations of the conflict, which tend, at best, to describe a tragic clash between two peoples with claims to the same territory. Instead, Khalidi traces a hundred years of colonial war on the Palestinians, waged first by the Zionist movement and then Israel, but backed by Britain and the United States, the great powers of the age. He highlights the key episodes in this colonial campaign, from the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the destruction of Palestine in 1948, from Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon to the endless and futile peace process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal, authoritative, and important, \u003cem\u003eThe Hundred Years' War on Palestine\u003c\/em\u003e is not a chronicle of victimisation, nor does it whitewash the mistakes of Palestinian leaders or deny the emergence of national movements on both sides. In reevaluating the forces arrayed against the Palestinians, it offers an illuminating new view of a conflict that continues to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47398038864108,"sku":"9781250787651","price":53.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8791443482633.jpg?v=1773738113"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/rashid-khalidi.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}