Arafat's war : the man and his battle for Israeli conquest / Efraim Karsh.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-281) and index.

1. The Man and His World -- 2. The Road to Oslo -- 3. A Trojan Horse -- 4. A License to Hate -- 5. Hate Thy Neighbor -- 6. Terror Until Victory -- 7. Eyeless in Gaza -- 8. The Tunnel War -- 9. Showdown in Camp David -- 10. Countdown to War -- 11. Why War? -- 12. Violence Pays -- 13. The Turning of the Tide.

"Offering the first comprehensive account of the collapse of the most promising peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, historian Efraim Karsh argues that Arafat is less interested with the liberation of the West Bank and Gaza, or even with the establishment of a Palestinian state, that with the PLO's historic goal of Israel's destruction. Karsh details Arafat's efforts since the historic Oslo Peace accords in building an extensive terrorist infrastructure, his failure to disarm the extremist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and the Palestinian Authority's systematic efforts to indoctrinate hate and contempt for the Israeli people through rumor and religious zealotry. The result is a level of violence unmatched in scope and intensity since 1948, a Palestinian campaign of terror that has included suicide bombings, drive-by shootings, stabbings, lynchings, and stonings, and has resulted in thousands of casualties."--BOOK JACKET.