Khalidi draws on a wealth of experience and scholarship to elucidate the current Palestinian conflict, using history to provide a clear-eyed view of the situation today.
Praise
"...THE IRON CAGE is a patient and eloquent work, ranging over the whole of modern Palestinian history from World War I to the death of Yasser Arafat. Reorienting the Palestinian narrative around the attitudes and tactics of the Palestinians themselves, Khalidi lends a remarkable illumination to a story so wearily familiar it is often hard to believe anything new can be found within." - Jonathan Shainin 12/18/2006