The Question of Palestine (Vintage Books, 1st ed. 1980)

(check out the 2nd up. ed. Vintage, 1992, available in z-library!)Still a basic and indespensible account of the Palestinian question, updated to include the most recent developments in the Middle East- from the intifada to the Gulf war to the historic peace conference in Madrid. Contents 8 Introduction 10 One: The Question of Palestine 24 I: Palestine and the Palestinians 24 II: Palestine and the Liberal West 36 III: The Issue of Representation 58 IV: Palestinian Rights 67 Two: Zionism From the Standpoint of Its Victims 77 I: Zionism and the Attitudes of European Colonialism 77 II: Zionist Population, Palestinian Depopulation 104 Three: Toward Palestinian Self-Determination 136 I: The Remnants, Those in Exile, Those Under Occupation 136 II: The Emergence of a Palestinian Consciousness 162 III: The PLO Rises to Prominence 178 IV: The Palestinians Still in Question 190 Four: The Palestinian Question After Camp David 203 I: Terms of Reference: Rhetoric and Power 203 II: Egypt, Israel, and the United States: What Else the Treaty Involved 218 III: Palestinian and Regional Actualities 235 IV: Uncertain Future 256 Bibliographical Notes 260 Chapter Notes 264 Index 276 http://www.archive.org/details/questionofpalest00saidrich This original and deeply provocative book was the first to make Palestine the subject of a serious debate—one that remains as critical as ever. With the rigorous scholarship he brought to his influential Orientalism and an exile's passion (he is Palestinian by birth and has been a member of the Palestine National Council), Edward W. Said traces the fatal collision between two peoples in the Middle East and its repercussions in the lives of both the occupier and the occupied—as well as in the conscience of the West. He has now updated this landmark work to portray the changed status of Palestine and its people in light of such developments as the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the intifada, the Gulf War, and the ongoing Middle East peace initiative. For anyone interested in this region and its future, The Question of Palestine remains the most useful and authoritative account available. Originally published by Times Books, New York Bibliography: p. 239-242 Includes index