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Jihad: A Short History (Hardcover)
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Jihad: A Short History (Hardcover)
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Never before has such a serious subject been written about with
such elegance, wit and humour. Jihad: A Short History is
entertaining popular history in strict chronological order
enlivened throughout with wordplay, comedy, graphic detail and
vivid anecdotes on leading figures. It describes Islam's 1,000-year
assault on the rest of humanity, leading up to the concluding
chapter where military jihad has been abandoned in favour of hijra,
migration. It synthesises in a single readable comprehensive volume
the records of the contemporary chroniclers and the works of later
historians, which mostly treat some tiny aspect of this enormous
subject. None of them led the author to question the main thrust of
his narrative. An understanding of the constant invasions of
Christian Europe by the forces of Islam over a thousand years is
vital to properly make sense of the world in which we now live. The
centrepiece of Jihad: A Short History, both figuratively and
literally, is the defining 1453 siege and fall of Constantinople,
which is described in detail and at length in order to convey the
horror of such assaults. Few westerners know of the catastrophic
Battle of Mohacs, one of the greatest military encounters in the
history of central Europe; or of the Battle of Didgori, in which a
staggering 200,000 men perished in a single day of fighting; and
that the Muslims twice reached Vienna and in 1543 besieged and
plundered Nice. Jihad: A Short History concisely tells of these
forgotten events, and of many more epic confrontations.
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Imprint: |
Pen & Sword History
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2022 |
Authors: |
Terry Bushell
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
192 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-07357-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
1-399-07357-5 |
Barcode: |
9781399073578 |
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