Islamic Imperialism: A HistoryFrom the first Arab-Islamic Empire of the mid-seventh century to the Ottomans, the last great Muslim empire, the story of the Middle East has been the story of the rise and fall of universal empires and, no less important, of imperialist dreams. So argues Efraim Karsh in this highly provocative book. Rejecting the conventional Western interpretation of Middle Eastern history as an offshoot of global power politics, Karsh contends that the region's experience is the culmination of long-existing indigenous trends, passions, and patterns of behavior, and that foremost among these is Islam's millenarian imperial tradition. The author explores the history of Islam's imperialism and the persistence of the Ottoman imperialist dream that outlasted World War I to haunt Islamic and Middle Eastern politics to the present day. September 11 can be seen as simply the latest expression of this dream, and such attacks have little to do with U.S. international behavior or policy in the Middle East, says Karsh. The House of Islam's war for world mastery is traditional, indeed venerable, and it is a quest that is far from over. |
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Nutzerbericht - Chris_El - LibraryThingVery interesting book. Couple of key bits of information. Islam was movement that conquered many people and lands. Even plundering into Italy and Spain. The crusades were a reaction to some degree to ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - lethalox - LibraryThingIt is a good source for overview information on the history of the Middle East, but I find that the author left out many items of interest. Specifically what about Islam outside of the Middle East ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
1 The Warrior Prophet | 9 |
2 The Rise and Fall of Islams First Empire | 21 |
3 The Best of Times the Worst of Times | 40 |
4 The House of Islam and the House of War | 62 |
5 The Last Great Islamic Empire | 84 |
6 The Price of Empire | 104 |
7 Mishandling the Great Game | 114 |
9 An Arab Caesar | 144 |
10 A Reckoning of Sorts | 165 |
11 The Tail That Wags the Dog | 186 |
12 Renewing the Quest for Allahs Empire | 207 |
13 Bin Ladens Holy War | 220 |
Epilogue | 229 |
Notes | 235 |
265 | |
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