How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs
The Syrian Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of Its Historic Liberal-Islamic Alliance
Published on 21. April 2020
Book
Hardback
496 pages
978-0-8021-4820-9 (ISBN)
Description
The story of a pivotal moment in modern world history, when Arabs established a representative democracy-and how the West crushed it
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Index
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 45 mm
Weight
701 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8021-4820-9 (9780802148209)
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Elizabeth F. Thompson is a leading historian of the modern Middle East and Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace at American University's School of International Service. She is the author of two previous books, Colonial Citizens: Republican Rights, Paternal Privilege and Gender in French Syria and Lebanon, winner of two national book prizes, and Justice Interrupted: The Struggle for Constitutional Government in the Middle East.