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Sami Moubayed is a Syrian historian and journalist. From 2012 to 2013,hewasavisitingscholarattheCarnegieMiddleEastCenterin Beirut,Lebanon.HisarticlesonMiddleEastaffairshaveappearedina variety of newspapers, including al-Ahram Weekly, al-Hayat, Gulf News,TheDailyStar,WashingtonReportonMiddleEastAffairs,andAsia Times. He is the author of Syria and the USA: Washington’s Relations with Damascus from Wilson to Eisenhower and Under the Black Flag: AnExclusiveInsightintotheInnerWorkingsofISIS(bothI.B.Tauris). ‘This is a well-written history of Syria in the early to mid-twentieth centuryasseenprimarilythroughthelivesofHajjUthmanSharabati andhis son Ahmad,both influential figures duringFrench mandate Syriaandintheearlyindependenceperiodfollowing1946.Thebook is meticulously researched, and Sami Moubayed has mined and unearthedpreviouslyunknownprimarySyriandocumentstotellthe stories of the lives of a number of prominent twentieth-century Syrianpoliticiansandpoliticalinfluencers.’ DavidW.Lesch,EwingHalsellDistinguishedProfessor ofHistory,TrinityUniversity ‘The Makers of Modern Syria is a moving tribute to the aristocrats whosoablypilotedSyriatoindependence.Theiraccomplishments– andeventheirfailings–areheldupasaGoldenAgeofSyrianHistory by Sami Moubayed, a leading Syrian historian. He has carried out many interviews, paged through archives and steeped himself in the published and unpublished memoirs to write a fast-paced and dramatic narrative of triumph and heartbreak. All Syrians will find wisdomandperhapsinspirationinthiscollectivebiographyabouta seminalturningpointinSyrianhistorywhenparliamentarylifewas vigorouslycontestedandledbytalentedandeducatedmen.’ JoshuaLandis,DirectoroftheCenterforMiddleEastStudies, UniversityofOklahoma THE MAKERS OF MODERN SYRIA The Rise and Fall of Syrian Democracy 1918–1958 S M AMI OUBAYED Publishedin2018by I.B.Tauris&Co.Ltd London(cid:129)NewYork www.ibtauris.com Copyrightq2018SamiMoubayed TherightofSamiMoubayedtobeidentifiedastheauthorofthis workhasbeenassertedbytheauthorinaccordancewiththeCopyright, DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Exceptforbriefquotationsinareview,thisbook, oranypartthereof,maynotbereproduced,storedinorintroducedintoa retrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic, mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withouttheprior writtenpermissionofthepublisher. Everyattempthasbeenmadetogainpermissionfortheuseofthe imagesinthisbook.Anyomissionswillberectifiedinfutureeditions. Referencestowebsiteswerecorrectatthetimeofwriting. LibraryofModernMiddleEastStudies200 ISBN: 9781784538637 eISBN:9781786724557 ePDF: 9781786734556 AfullCIPrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary AfullCIPrecordisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:available TypesetinStoneSerifbyOKSPrepressServices,Chennai,India PrintedandboundbyCPIGroup(UK)Ltd,Croydon,CR04YY TothecourageousSyrianpeoplewhofoughtforanindependent,democratic andequitableSyriannation.Theseoutstandingmenandwomenenvisioned apeacefulandprosperousSyria.Maytheirresolveandsacrificeserveasa sourceofinspirationandhopetotoday’sgenerationofyoungSyrians. ThisbookisalsodedicatedinlovingmemoryofAhmadand SkaidraSharabatibytheirfamily. Contents ListofPlates x Acknowledgements xii Maps xiv 1. HandsThatGive,NeverTake 1 ASelf-madeMan 3 ASeasonedBusinessman 5 2. DamascusOccupied 9 EyewitnesstoHistory 11 TheMaysalounTragedy 14 CharlesCraneinDamascus 18 FundingandFoundingthePeople’sParty 23 TheAUBandMITInfluence 24 BirthofaPoliticalClass 26 3. SyriainRevolt 28 TheFirstShellingofDamascus 33 FundraisingfortheRevolt 34 LifeinEgypt 36 AssessmentoftheGreatRevolt 39 4. TheLeagueofNationalAction 41 TheNationalBloc 42 LifeinDamascus 45 TheLeagueofNationalAction 47 viii The Makers of Modern Syria SadTidings 56 WhytheLeagueofNationalActionMatters 62 5. EncounterofaLifetime 65 WelcometoDamascus 67 ANewHome 70 6. TheEnemyofMyEnemy 73 SyriaandWorldWarII 75 TheFallofFrance 78 TurningtheNaziTide 84 TheSpearsMission 87 RestoringtheSyrianPresidency 90 7. ANewDawn:August1943 97 RooseveltandtheSyrians 104 TheElectionCampaign 107 TheFourthPresidentofSyria 109 ReachingouttotheWorld 112 SyriagoestoWaragainstHitler 114 RepositioningSyria 117 8. BlessedaretheEducators 119 TheEducationalScenein1945 121 TheSharabati-HusariReforms 124 ScoutsandSummerCamps 128 DamascusUniversity 130 GreatAccomplishments 132 WiseWordsandBraveDeeds 133 BaathismandEducation 134 9. Evacuation 136 RainbeforetheStorm 137 The2008Documents 147 Freeatlast 149 10. DarkClouds 151 MardamBeyReturns 157 FraudandRiggedElections 160 Contents ix TheRiseofAkramal-HawraniandtheBaath 162 TheSyrianArmybefore1948 165 11. OntheBrinkofWar:TheSharabatiPapersI 175 TheThree-wayPartitionofPalestine 179 TheArmyofDeliverance 189 12. TheNakba:TheSharabatiPapersII 196 HighlyClassifiedandConfidential 201 MilitaryPreparations 204 SyrianWeapons 206 Abdullah’sSeparateTrack 209 TheFightingBegins 211 TheBattleofSamakh 213 UnjustAccusations 223 13. TheDictatorofDamascus 228 Al-Za’imandIsrael 234 OilandtheMiddleEast 236 ANewLife 239 BackinSyria 241 14. TheUnitedArabRepublicanditsAftermath 243 TheUnitedArabRepublic 247 SecessionfromtheUAR 255 TheEnd 257 DramatisPersonae 265 Notes 268 Bibliography 286 Index 297
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