Gaza : a history (Comparative politics and international studies series)
by Filiu, Jean-Pierre (Author)
Summary
"Through its millennium-long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed while simultaneously and paradoxically enduring prolonged neglect. Squeezed between the Negev and Sinai desert on the one hand and the Mediterranean Sea on the other, Gaza was contested by the Pharaohs, the Persians, the G... Full description
- Gaza before the strip. The crossroads of empires ; The Islamic era ; The British Mandate
- 1947-67 : the generation of mourning. The catastrophe ; Refugees and fedayin ; The first occupation ; Nasser's children
- 1967-87 : the generation of dispossession. The four Years War ; The era of the notables ; The alien place ; The new wave
- 1987-2007 : the generation of the intifadas. The revolt of the stones ; A sharply limited authority ; Days of fury ; One Palestine against another
- The generation of impasses. Five years in the ruins.