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"The Arab Awakening" by George Antonius

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Submitted by Dave, Aug 27, 2017 at 09:10

This is a popular classic that badly needs debunking. Written by a Christian, the book shows zero understanding of Islam's crucial influence in determining events, particularly in the conflict with Zionism, where the author's facile assumptions scapegoat Europeans and Jews for all the misfortunes of the hapless Arab victims. I can certainly understand its appeal to anti-Western academics today, but subsequent events show it to be woefully naïve.

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wanderland in the mid-east [52 words]
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allan enkinAug 28, 2017 11:15240622
Other contenders? [42 words]
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CorradoAug 23, 2017 10:35240577
"The Arab Awakening" by George Antonius [68 words]DaveAug 27, 2017 09:10240577
4Dr. Moonbat Predicts [169 words]
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2neither bad or an ass [123 words]
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We lie and then say that our prediction do not come true. (and Two predictions of mine that will come true) [512 words]PrashantAug 10, 2017 16:27240451
Given that the West has killed at least 100K in Syria, Assad's forces cannot have killed 90% [110 words]AnonAug 10, 2017 10:05240443
LOL [1 words]DavivAug 9, 2017 22:05240435
The experts are naturally wrong [48 words]YESHAYAHU HOLLANDERAug 9, 2017 16:07240429
1The Most Embarrassingly Wrong Book Ever on the Middle East [175 words]Judith DaviesAug 9, 2017 15:46240428
2Power corrupts... [42 words]I.M. AronsonAug 9, 2017 15:11240427
5Caveat Emptor (Buyer Beware) and scholarship! [154 words]dhimmi no moreAug 9, 2017 12:06240425

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