{"product_id":"the-sword-and-the-neck-isbn-9781836745761","title":"The Sword and the Neck:Rashid Khalidi and Tariq Ali on the Unfinished Struggle for Palestine","description":"\u003cb\u003eA conversation between two giants of the Palestinian resistance movement about Palestine, US empire, and the future of the Middle East\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable conversation between two towering activists for Palestinian liberation, Rashid Khalidi and Tariq Ali, \u003ci\u003eThe Sword and the Neck \u003c\/i\u003ereflects a lifetime of political learning and experience. Long a lonely struggle, support for Palestinian liberation has swelled to an unprecedented level across the US, Europe, and beyond since 2023 as Israel continues to decimate Gaza and terrorize Palestinians in the West Bank. How did we reach this point and what future might await Palestine?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis frank and sober discussion provides an essential overview of Palestinian intellectual and political history, biting criticism of US foreign policy, and insightful contemporary geopolitical analysis. Refusing to shy away from questions that continue to inspire debate among the Palestine solidarity movement in the West, neither questions of Palestinian resistance strategy and the frailties of neighbouring Arab states are spared. This is crucial reading for anyone committed to Palestinian liberation today. | Rashid Khalidi is the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eHundred Years War on Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003ePalestinian Identity, Brokers of Deceit\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Iron Cage\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and many other journals. He is the Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University in New York and editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Palestine Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics—including Pirates of the Caribbean, Bush in Babylon, The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndrome—as well as five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is on the editorial committee of the New Left Review and lives in London.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48759523246309,"sku":"NP9781836745761","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-sword-and-the-neck-isbn-9781836745761","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}