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Submitted by Elliott A Green, Dec 4, 2007 14:15

John Prudden is right that George Antonius' book, The Arab Awakening, was first published in 1938. The book was published under the sponsorship of Charles R Crane --a fanatic Judeophobe and admirer or Hitler-- and was in fact dedicated to Crane, "affectionately."
Prudden is wrong about "the scholarly merits of the book." It has been astutely debunked by at least two historians, George Kirk and Elie Kedourie. They both found the book unreliable. If Columbia University Press is still publishing the book, then that would be another reason to look askance at the university's reputation.


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yuval Brandstetter MD 

Nov 7, 2007 02:46

I should add to what I said above about George Antonius and his patron, Charles R Crane, that Crane helped... [MORE]

Elliott A Green 

Oct 28, 2007 08:12

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Elliott A Green 

Oct 24, 2007 11:09

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John Prudden 

Oct 25, 2007 12:48

John Prudden is right that George Antonius' book, The Arab Awakening, was first published in 1938. The book was published...

Elliott A Green 

Dec 4, 2007 14:15

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