Book Summary
Recent events have made an understanding of the turmoil in the Middle East more important than ever. In these essays, Bernard Lewis, a leading expert on Islam, gives essential background on Middle Eastern conflicts with the West and shows how Islam from its first expansion to its interpretation by Saddam Hussein and other extremists has always been inextricably linked to the Western world.
Book Details
Book Name | Islam In History: Ideas, People, And Events In The Middle East |
Author | Bernard W. Lewis |
Publisher | Open Court Publishing Company (Nov 2001) |
ISBN | 9780812695182 |
Pages | 496 |
Language | English |
Price | 1667 |