Rashid Khalidi is the author of seven books about the Middle East, including Palestinian Identity, Brokers of Deceit, Resurrecting Empire, The Iron Cage, and Sowing Crisis. His writing on Middle Eastern history and politics has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and many journals. For his work on the Middle East, Professor Khalidi has received fellowships and grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the American Research Center in Egypt, and the Rockefeller Foundation, among others. He is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University in New York and is editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies.
At heart a historical essay, an effort to decide why the
Palestinians . . . have failed to achieve an independent
state.—Steven Erlanger, New York Times
"A first-rate and up-to-date historical and political analysis of
the Palestinian predicament."—Publishers Weekly's 100 Best Books
issue
"In a refreshing contrast to the yammering bazaar of complaint and
allegation that has dominated American public discussion of the
Middle East since Sept. 11, 2001, 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, Salon
"Khalidi uses history to provide a clear-eyed view of the region
and assess the prospects for peace. He strives successfully for
even-handedness."—Anthony Lewis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
Gideon's Trumpet and Make No Law
"A work of forceful historical analysis written in a spirit of
self-examination."—Bashir Abu-Manneh, The Nation
"Magisterial in scope, meticulous in its attention to detail, and
decidedly dispassionate in its analysis, The Iron Cage is destined
to be a benchmark of its genre." —Joel Schalit, Tikkun
"Khalidi, tackling 'historical amnesia,' brilliantly analyses the
structural handicap which hobbled the Palestinians throughout 30
years of British rule . . . Khalidi restores the Palestinians to
something more than victims, acknowledging that for all their
disadvantages, they have played their role and can (and must) still
do so to determine their own fate." —Ian Black, Guardian
At heart a historical essay, an effort to decide why the
Palestinians . . . have failed to achieve an independent
state.-Steven Erlanger, New York Times
"A first-rate and up-to-date historical and political analysis of
the Palestinian predicament."-Publishers Weekly's 100 Best Books
issue
"In a refreshing contrast to the yammering bazaar of complaint and
allegation that has dominated American public discussion of the
Middle East since Sept. 11, 2001, 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, Salon
"Khalidi uses history to provide a clear-eyed view of the region
and assess the prospects for peace. He strives successfully for
even-handedness."-Anthony Lewis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
Gideon's Trumpet and Make No Law
"A work of forceful historical analysis written in a spirit of
self-examination."-Bashir Abu-Manneh, The Nation
"Magisterial in scope, meticulous in its attention to detail, and
decidedly dispassionate in its analysis, The Iron Cage is
destined to be a benchmark of its genre." -Joel Schalit,
Tikkun
"Khalidi, tackling 'historical amnesia,' brilliantly analyses the
structural handicap which hobbled the Palestinians throughout 30
years of British rule . . . Khalidi restores the Palestinians to
something more than victims, acknowledging that for all their
disadvantages, they have played their role and can (and must) still
do so to determine their own fate." -Ian Black, Guardian
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