Contents

Dedication and Acknowledgements

Foreword by Noam Chomsky

Introduction to First Edition by Noam Chomsky

Preface to First Edition

Map: The Palestinian Diaspora in 1975

1. The Peasant Past

‘We Lived in Paradise’

Economic Situation of the Fellaheen under the Mandate

Palestinian Social Structure under the Mandate

The Rising Tide of Zionism

2. The Uprooting

Why Did the Palestinians Flee?

Zionist Military Preparedness

Palestinian and Arab Forces

War Comes to the Villages

3. The New Reality, 1948–1965

The Great Dispersion

Brutal Awakening

Ambiguities of Being Refugees

Economic Marginality

Social and Psychological Effects of the Uprooting

Political Oppression

4. The Palestinian Revolution

Roots of the Revolution

The Place of Armed Struggle in the Resistance

Year of the Revolution

Revolution in the Camps

First Decade of Revolution: Victories and Tasks

Epilogue

Glossary of Arabic Words

Political Glossary

Notes