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"July 19, 2000." ; Shipping list no.: 2002-0042-P. ; "106th Congress, 2nd session." ; Mode of access: Internet.

At head of title: 95th Congress, 1st session. Committee print. ; Includes bibliographies. ; Mode of access: Internet.

"When Europe's Great War engulfed the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalists rose in revolt against their Turkish rulers and allied with the British on the promise of an independent Arab state. In October 1918, the Arabs' military leader, Prince Faisal, victoriously entered Damascus and proclaimed a constitutional government in an independent Greater Syria. Faisal won American support for self-determination at the Paris Peace Conference, but other Entente powers plotted to protect their colonial interests. Under threat of European occupation, the Syrian-Arab Congress declared independence on March 8, 1920 and crowned Faisal king of a "civil representative monarchy." Sheikh Rashid Rida, the most prominent Islamic thinker of the day, became Congress president and supervised the drafting of a constitution that established the world's first Arab democracy and guaranteed equal rights for all citizens, including non-Muslims. But France and Britain refused to recognize the Damascus government and instead imposed a system of mandates on the pretext that Arabs were not yet ready for self-government. In July 1920, the French invaded and crushed the Syrian state. The fragile coalition of secular modernizers and Islamic reformers that had established democracy was destroyed, with profound consequences that reverberate still. Using previously untapped primary sources, including contemporary newspaper accounts, reports of the Syrian-Arab Congress, and letters and diaries from participants, How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs is a groundbreaking account of an extraordinary, brief moment of unity and hope-and of its destruction"--

"Serial number 112-71." ; "H.A.S.C. number 112-145." ; Shipping list number: 2013-0314-P. ; Mode of access: Internet.

"July 19, 2000." ; Shipping list no.: 2002-0042-P. ; "106th Congress, 2nd session." ; Microfiche. ; Mode of access: Internet.

"Serial no. 107-154." ; Shipping list no.: 2003-0191-P. ; Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Microfiche. ; Mode of access: Internet.

"Serial no. 107-154." ; Shipping list no.: 2003-0191-P. ; Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Reuse of record except for individual research requires license from Congressional Information Service, Inc. ; Pt. 3: "Hearings . Ninety-sixth Congress, first and second sessions, December 19, 1979, and January 30, 1980." ; Pt. 2: Nov. 2-Dec. 13, 1979." ; Pt. 1: "July 24, 31, October 25, 1979." ; CIS Microfiche Accession Numbers: CIS 80 S401-52 (pt.1), CIS 80 S401-77 (pt.2), CIS 81 S401-1 (pt.3) ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Microfiche. ; Mode of access: Internet.

"Printed for the use of the [United States Senate] Committee on Veterans' Affairs." ; At head of title: 92d Congress, 1st session. Senate committee print no. 5. ; Mode of access: Internet.

This volume contains the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Limnology and Oceanography held in Evian in May 1993. There were about 200 participants, with 64 communications and 53 posters; 42 manuscripts were selected by the Scientific Committee to provide the material for this book, which successfully shows that the different scientific communities are able to compare their individual approaches and develop new methods in common, paving the way for future and useful cooperation