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Preparing for Dawn: The United States and the Global Politics of Palestinian Resistance, 1967-1975

Chamberlin, Paul
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243876457

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2009, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, History.
This dissertation examines the international history of the Palestinian armed struggle from late 1967 until the beginning of the Lebanese Civil war in 1975. Based on multi-archival and multilingual research in Lebanon, the United States, and the United Kingdom, I argue that the Palestinian guerillas won the struggle for international recognition by identifying themselves with the cultural forces of anti-colonialism and Third World internationalism. By laying claim to the status of a national liberation struggle, Palestinian fighters tapped into networks of global support emanating from places like Beijing, Hanoi, Algiers, and Havana that allowed them to achieve a measure of political legitimacy in the international community and provided for the continued survival of their movement. At the same time, these efforts to emulate revolutionary movements from other parts of the world helped to reshape Palestinian national identity into a profoundly cosmopolitan organism; a product of twentieth century globalization. However, these radical visions of national liberation ran headlong into U.S. designs for global order; if radical Palestinians could create a “second Vietnam” in the Middle East, the implications for U.S. authority in the Third World could be disastrous. Through support for regional police powers like Israel and Jordan, Washington was able to mount a sustained counterinsurgency campaign that prevented a guerilla victory.
Peter Hahn (Advisor)
Robert McMahon (Committee Member)
Stephen Dale (Committee Member)
Kevin Boyle (Committee Member)
419 p.
History; International Relations; Middle Eastern History
Foreign policy; Middle East; PLO, Palestine; Fedayeen; Guerillas; counterterrorism; terrorism; United Nations; Richard Nixon; Henry Kissinger; Lebanon; Jordan; Israel; national liberation; Vietnam; Algeria; Third World; revolution; Black September; Fatah;

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  • Chamberlin, P. (2009). Preparing for Dawn: The United States and the Global Politics of Palestinian Resistance, 1967-1975 [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243876457

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Chamberlin, Paul. Preparing for Dawn: The United States and the Global Politics of Palestinian Resistance, 1967-1975. 2009. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243876457.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Chamberlin, Paul. "Preparing for Dawn: The United States and the Global Politics of Palestinian Resistance, 1967-1975." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243876457

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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