How the West stole democracy from the Arabs (Record no. 75525)

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National bibliography number GBC017097
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International Standard Book Number 9781611856392 (hardback)
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Original cataloging agency StDuBDS
Language of cataloging eng
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Classification number 956.91041
Edition number 23
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Classification number 956.91041
Item number THO-H
100 10 - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Thompson, Elizabeth,
Dates associated with a name 1959-
Relator term author.
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Title How the West stole democracy from the Arabs
Medium Book :
Remainder of title the Arab Congress of 1920 and the destruction of a unique Liberal-Islamic alliance /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Elizabeth F. Thompson.
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Extent xix, 465 pages :
Dimensions 24 cm.
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Price type code 01
Price amount 5,534.00
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Summary, etc. The story of a pivotal moment in modern world history, when representative democracy became a political option for Arabs'and how the West denied the opportunity. When Europe's Great War engulfed the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalists rose in revolt against the Turks. The British supported the Arabs' fight for an independent state and sent an intelligence officer, T.E. Lawrence, to join Prince Faisal, leader of the Arab army and a descendant of the Prophet. In October 1918, Faisal, Lawrence, and the Arabs victoriously entered Damascus, where they declared a constitutional government in an independent Greater Syria. At the Paris Peace Conference, Faisal won the support of President Woodrow Wilson, who sent an American commission to Syria to survey the political aspirations of its people. However, other Entente leaders at Paris'and later San Remo'schemed against the Arab democracy, which they saw as a threat to their colonial rule. On March 8, 1920, the Syrian-Arab Congress declared independence and crowned Faisal king of a 'representative monarchy.' Rashid Rida, a leading Islamic thinker of the day, led the constituent assembly to establish equality for all citizens, including non-Muslims, under a full bill of rights. But France and Britain refused to recognize the Damascus government and instead imposed a system of mandates on the Arab provinces of the defeated Ottoman Empire, on the pretext that Arabs were not yet ready for self-government. Under such a mandate, the French invaded Syria in April 1920, crushing the Arab government and sending Faisal and Congress leaders in flight to exile. The fragile coalition of secular modernizers and Islamic reformers that might have established democracy in the Arab world was destroyed, with profound consequences that reverberate still. Using many previously untapped primary sources, including contemporary newspaper accounts and letters, minutes from the Syrian-Arab Congress, and diary and journal entries from participants, How The West Stole Democracy From The Arabs is a groundbreaking account of this extraordinary, brief moment of unity and hope'and of its destruction.
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Target audience note All
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Syria
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision French occupation, 1918-1946.
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Piece designation 10001000061918
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Classification part 956.91041 THO-H 61918
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Sublocation or collection 2nd Floor
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Piece physical condition 1-New
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09/12/2023   956.91041 THO-H 61918 2nd Floor 09/12/2023 Books         Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 10001000061918 Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 09/12/2023