THE HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY?FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS

Rogers, Jr., Harold E.

ISBN 10: 1425979432 / ISBN 13: 9781425979430

Edité par AuthorHouse (edition ), 2007

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• Titre: THE HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY?FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS
• Éditeur: AuthorHouse (edition )
• Date de parution: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1425979432
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781425979430
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

The History of Democracy from the Middle East to Western Civilizations is a unique text laying out the broad outline of the History of Democracy. The book is based on the historical works of leading American and foreign historians and is written in a straightforward, readable way summarizing the main themes of history. This permits the reader of the news media to make in depth sense out of the jumble of headlines and articles pouring out of the daily press and television coverage. This book permits the reader to digest broad sections of history in separate coherent bites including an overview of history beginning with Mesopotamia (Ancient Iraq) and Egypt, through Greece, the Roman Empire, Middle Ages, England and Modern Europe to American efforts to impose Democracy on the Modern Middle East. Bite sized chapters of the book include not only a comprehensive overview, but also separate chapters on the Democratic History of America, the Development of Democracy in Russia, Democracy in Muslim Countries and what history has taught us about Democracy. This book becomes available at a particularly opportune time in the course of our national debate over Iraq. President Bush has been struggling to convince the American electorate that our principal goal in the Middle East is to establish a flourishing democracy there since Bush?s failure to locate weapons of mass destruction, the original justification for the war. The debate has become shrill, but not all the participants in the debate, including foreign dictators, agree as to what democracy means, particularly in the Middle East which has been ruled for centuries by tribal leaders. This book has been carefully researched and documented and can serve not only as a source for thoughtful readers following the national debate over democracy, but also for those seeking to increase their general knowledge.

À propos de l?auteur

The author, Harold E. Rogers, Jr., earned both history (1952) and law (1955) degrees at Stanford University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Following military service in Italy as a first lieutenant in the Army JAGC, Mr. Rogers organized a law firm in San Francisco specializing in public finance and litigation. He thereafter founded regional finance practices for two nationally recognized law firms. In the meantime he continued his career in writing which he had begun with a publication in the Stanford Law Review. This was followed by articles published on military law and a wide variety of articles and several books including two volumes on California water history. He also wrote articles on law supporting development in China, an evaluation of the Gorbachev revolution in Russia and a variety of articles and interviews published in Russia. Mr. Rogers was a lecturer at the Stanford Law and Business schools where he developed and delivered a semester course entitled ?Problems of Doing Business in Russia and the CIS.? He has been a member of San Francisco Trade delegations to both China and Russia. He learned something of the practical side of American politics in supporting the election campaigns of President Jimmy Carter. Carter appointed Mr. Rogers chairman of the Commission on the Review of the Federal Impact Aid Program.