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Ibrahim, Raymond.
Subjects
Jihad.
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity.
Christianity and other religions -- Islam.
Islamic Empire -- History, Military.
Islamic countries -- History, Military.
Turkey -- History, Military.
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Ibrahim, Raymond.
Jihad.
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity.
Christianity and other religions -- Islam.
Islamic Empire -- History, Military.
Islamic countries -- History, Military.
Turkey -- History, Military.
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Sword
and
scimitar
:
fourteen
centuries
of
war
between
Islam
and the
West
/ Raymond Ibrahim ; with a foreword by Victor Davis Hanson.
by
Ibrahim, Raymond.
De Capo Press, 2018.
Call #:
355.02091 I14s
Subjects
Jihad.
Islam
-- Relations -- Christianity.
Christianity and other religions --
Islam
.
Islamic Empire -- History, Military.
Islamic countries -- History, Military.
Turkey -- History, Military.
ISBN:
9780306825552 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Fourteen
centuries
of
war
between
Islam
and the
West
14
centuries
of
war
between
Islam
and the
West
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xvii, 334 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-320) and index.
Contents:
Introduction Jihad : the roots of conflict --
Islam
takes Christendom by storm : the Battle of Yarmuk, 636 -- The Jihad beats against an eastern wall of stone : the Siege of -- Constantinople, 717 -- The Jihad beats against a western wall of ice : the Battle of Tours, 732 -- Jihad's new champions (or, "that dreadful day") : the battle of Manzikert, 1071 -- Christendom strikes back : the Battle of Hattin, 1187 -- The crusade victorious : the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, 1212 -- Muhammad's dream : the siege of Constantinople, 1453 -- The rise and fall of
Islam
: the Siege of Vienna, 1683.
Summary:
"A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict
between
Islam
and the
West
, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities The
West
and Islam--the
sword
and the scimitar--have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Byzantine emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's order to abandon Christianity and convert to
Islam
, unleashing a centuries-long jihad on Christendom.
Sword
and
Scimitar
chronicles the significant battles that arose from this ages-old Islamic jihad, beginning with the first major Islamic attack on Christian land in 636, through the occupation of the Middle East that prompted the Crusades and the far-flung conquests of the Ottoman Turks, to the European colonization of the Muslim world in the 1800s, when
Islam
largely went on the retreat--until its reemergence in recent times. Using original sources in Arabic, Greek, Latin, and Turkish, preeminent historian Raymond Ibrahim describes each battle in vivid detail and explains the effect the outcome had on larger historical currents of the age and how the military lessons of the battle reflect the cultural faultlines
between
Islam
and the
West
. The majority of these landmark battles are now forgotten or considered inconsequential. Yet today, as the
West
faces a resurgence of this enduring Islamic jihad,
Sword
and
Scimitar
provides the needed historical context to understand the current relationship
between
the
West
and the Islamic world, and why the Islamic State is merely the latest chapter of an old history."--From publisher.
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