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Sacred Interests
2015
Overview
Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as
Americans increasingly came into contact with the Islamic world,
U.S. diplomatic, cultural, political, and religious beliefs about
Islam began to shape their responses to world events. In Sacred
Interests , Karine V. Walther excavates the deep history of
American Islamophobia, showing how negative perceptions of Islam
and Muslims shaped U.S. foreign relations from the Early Republic
to the end of World War I. Beginning with the Greek War of
Independence in 1821, Walther illuminates reactions to and
involvement in the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, the efforts to
protect Jews from Muslim authorities in Morocco, American colonial
policies in the Philippines, and American attempts to aid
Christians during the Armenian Genocide. Walther examines the
American role in the peace negotiations after World War I, support
for the Balfour Declaration, and the establishment of the mandate
system in the Middle East. The result is a vital exploration of the
crucial role the United States played in the Islamic world during
the long nineteenth century--an interaction that shaped a
historical legacy that remains with us today.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press,University of North Carolina Press
Subject
ISBN
9781469625393, 1469625393, 9781469645582, 1469645580
