Les Palestiniens de l'ínterieur by Camille MansourReview by: John C. CampbellForeign Affairs, Vol. 68, No. 4 (Fall, 1989), p. 214Published by: Council on Foreign RelationsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20044176 .

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of the passing scene but as a keen political analyst judging the successes and failures of Sadat and Mubarak and exploring the underlying problems for

which neither leader had or could have satisfactory answers. The book is excellent in bringing to life the sounds, smells and teeming humanity of

Cairo, the persisting appeal of Islam as other ideologies are seen to fail, and the bleak economic outlook for the long term.

REPUBLIC OF FEAR: THE POLITICS OF MODERN IRAQ. By Samir al-Khalil. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, 327 pp. $25.00.

This is a detailed and involved account of the rise of the ideology of the Baath party, its coming to power in Iraq in the 1960s, and the ways in which it has become a regime of totalitarian rule, institutionalized violence, universal fear and unchecked personal dictatorship. The ultimate madness was the Iraq-Iran War, but that was a logical outcome of Saddam Hussein's

system. An unusual, powerful and disturbing book. The author, who writes under a pseudonym, is an Iraqi expatriate.

IMAGES OF THE WEST. By David C. Gordon. Savage (Md.): Rowman &

Littlefield, 1989, 214 pp. The author's approach embraces the entire Third World, but most of

his material comes from the lands of Islam. The subject?reaction to the West's political and cultural dominance, whether by imitation, repudiation, return to native traditions, or by some combination or mixture of those? has spawned an extensive literature, evident in the book's bibliography. Gordon brings it all together, sorts out the key issues and adds some

carefully couched views of his own. Loaded with references and statements of other scholars, the book will have particular appeal to an academic audience.

LES PALESTINIENS DE L'?NTERIEUR. Edited by Camille Mansour.

Washington: Revue d'?tudes Palestiniennes, 1989, 291 pp. Largely written before the uprising of 1987-89, these essays give a clear

picture of why, in the view of Palestinian nationalists, it happened, and why it continues despite Israel's efforts to suppress it. Written by Palestinian

scholars, some from institutions in the West Bank, some now residing abroad, they deal with political, economic and social conditions in all parts of the "interior": the West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem and Israel proper. The work is descriptive and, as one might expect, polemical, an indictment of Israeli policies aimed at control, colonization and annexation.

PALESTINIANS UNDER OCCUPATION: PROSPECTS FOR THE FU TURE. Edited by Peter E. Krogh and Mary C. McDavid. Washington: Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, 1989, 121

pp. $9.75.

Essays on the past, present and future of the Palestinian Arabs, presented in honor of the late Zafer al-Masri, the mayor of Nablus assassinated in

1986. The content and tone are sympathetic to the Palestinian cause, moderate rather than polemical, directed toward a negotiated peace with

Israel rather than unending conflict or total victory. Contributors include Hazem Zaki Nuseibeh, former Jordanian foreign minister, and ex-Senator

Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., of Maryland. Ann Lesch provides a clear and

succinct account of the first year of the intifadeh.

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