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The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror
de Lewis, Bernard
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679642811
- ISBN 13
- 9780679642817
- Librería
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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Sobre este artículo
The Modern Library, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Second printing per number line. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition with light wrinkles at top & bottom of spine but no tears. * From the book jacket, ""While hostility toward the West has a long and varied history in the lands of Islam, its current concentration on America is new. So too is the cult of the suicide bomber. Brilliantly disentangling the crosscurrents of Middle Eastern history from the the rhetoric of its manipulators, Bernard Lewis helps us understand the reasons for the increasingly dogmatic rejection of modernity by many in the Muslim world in favor of a return to a sacred past. The Crisis of Islam is essential reading for anyone who wants to know what Usama bin Ladin represents and why his murderous message resonates so widely in the Islamic world.""
Sinopsis
In his first book since What Went Wrong? Bernard Lewis examines the historical roots of the resentments that dominate the Islamic world today and that are increasingly being expressed in acts of terrorism. He looks at the theological origins of political Islam and takes us through the rise of militant Islam in Iran, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, examining the impact of radical Wahhabi proselytizing, and Saudi oil money, on the rest of the Islamic world. The Crisis of Islam ranges widely through thirteen centuries of history, but in particular it charts the key events of the twentieth century leading up to the violent confrontations of today: the creation of the state of Israel, the Cold War, the Iranian Revolution, the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan, the Gulf War, and the September 11th attacks on the United States.While hostility toward the West has a long and varied history in the lands of Islam, its current concentration on America is new. So too is the cult of the suicide bomber. Brilliantly disentangling the crosscurrents of Middle Eastern history from the rhetoric of its manipulators, Bernard Lewis helps us understand the reasons for the increasingly dogmatic rejection of modernity by many in the Muslim world in favor of a return to a sacred past. Based on his George Polk Award--winning article for The New Yorker, The Crisis of Islam is essential reading for anyone who wants to know what Usama bin Ladin represents and why his murderous message resonates so widely in the Islamic world. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Librería
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- M002098
- Título
- The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror
- Autor
- Lewis, Bernard
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0679642811
- ISBN 13
- 9780679642817
- Editorial
- The Modern Library
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2003
- Palabras clave
- War - Religious aspects - Islam, Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam, Jihad
- Catálogos del vendedor
- History of Terrorism; History of the Iraq War 2003-2011;
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Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
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