A History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Faith, Awareness, and Revolution in the Middle East

by Erik Skare

Book Overview

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is one of the most important yet least understood Palestinian armed factions, both in terms of its history and ideology. Labelled a terrorist organization by the US and the EU, it has grown to become the second largest armed movement in the Gaza Strip and the third largest in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Using a wealth of primary sources, this book traces the history of PIJ from its origins in the early 1980s...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108949460
• ISBN13: 9781108949460
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"