Crusade and jihad : the thousand-year war between the Muslim world and the global north /

Encompasses the entire history of the catastrophic encounter between the Global North--China, Russia, Europe, Britain, and America--and Muslim societies from Central Asia to West Africa, explaining the deep hostilities between them and how they grew over the centuries. --Adapted from publisher descr...

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Main Author: Polk, William R. (William Roe), 1929-2020 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
Series:Henry L. Stimson lectures, Yale University.
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Summary:Encompasses the entire history of the catastrophic encounter between the Global North--China, Russia, Europe, Britain, and America--and Muslim societies from Central Asia to West Africa, explaining the deep hostilities between them and how they grew over the centuries. --Adapted from publisher description.
Item Description:"The Henry L. Stimpson Lectures at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:xviii, 632 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-587) and index.
ISBN:9780300222906
0300222904