Arafat: From Defender to Dictator
By Said K. Aburish.
Description
In this meticulously researched and iconoclastic work, Said Aburish, the internationally respected Palestinian political analyst and writer, turns the popular western perception of Yasser Arafat upside-down. Far from being the benign heroic freedom fighter who has kept the hopes of his displaced people alive, Arafat is revealed as a narrow-minded operator, out of touch with reality, whose personal ambitions and lack of understanding of democratic principles have made him a deterrent to real peace in the Middle East.Aburish exposes the unsound foundations of Arafat's leadership, and s...
ISBN(s)
1582340005, 9781582340005
