Inside the PLO: Covert Units, Secret Funds, and the War Against Israel and the United States

Neil C. Livingstone. Quill, $13 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-688-10742-0

Former Time correspondent Livingstone and antiterrorist authority Halevy recommend caution in accepting PLO compromises, investigate Yassir Arafat and discuss the intifada . PW called this ``an impressive array of new information about the Palestine Liberation Organization, its origins, governing structure, internal power struggles, covert foreign relations, funding and operations.'' (May)

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