Pelikan does give a fairly good summary of the Palamite controversies. Keep in mind that while he was very Orthodox in mindset, he did not actually convert to the Church until much later (just a few years before his death this last month.)
IMHO, he gives more weight to Meyendorff's analysis of Palamas than is due. Meyendorff's book had a lot of influence in the Church here in the West because he was the first one to publish works on Palamas.
But Meyendorff was fundamentally handicapped by the fact that he came out of the St. Sergius "Paris" school of Russian theology. This was a very academically oriented school, but other than Vladimir Lossky, the role of the inner life of the Orthodox spiritual life didn't seem to be understood very well.
It is worth hunting down Fr. John Romanides' two articles critiquing Meyendorff's books. While Fr. John (and especially some of his more enthusiastic followers) sometimes was a little over the top himself, he does understand traditional Greek Orthodox spirituality in general, and Palamas in particular. The articles are on line. I'll try to remember to send you links.
They are great articles; of course you know what I think of Meyendorff and the Paris School! :)
Here's a link:
http://www.romanity.org/htm/rom.15.en.notes_on_the_palamite_controversy.01.htm