JWE VIDEO
"How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs" - Book Discussion with Elizabeth Thompson
with Helena Cobban and William Quandt
Book Discussion: "How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs"
Helena Cobban and William Quandt discuss the new book, How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs: the Syrian Arab Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of its Historic Liberal-Islamic Alliance with the author, Elizabeth F. Thompson.
Dr. Elizabeth F. Thompson
Additional Resources
Speaker's Presentation
Presentation (PDF) by Elizabeth Thompson
FURTHER READING
Map Resource
League of Nations Mandates in the Arab World
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