The Cycle of Retaliation: Israeli Doctrine, Border Fences, and the Path to Civil War (1970–1975)

Following the signing of the 1968 Cairo Agreement and the subsequent expulsion of the Palestinian resistance movement from Jordan during the events of Black September 1970 and the spring of 1971, southern Lebanon was thrust into the direct line of fire. Approximately 9,000 fedayeen fighters escaped from Jordan into Syria during 1971, and by November […] By Mohammad Fakih