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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
John L Esposito |
| ISBN: | 0195154355 9780195154351 0195168860 9780195168860 |
| OCLC Number: | 58652701 |
| Description: | xiv, 4-196 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | The making of a modern terrorist -- Jihad and the struggle for Islam -- The armies of God -- Where do we go from here? |
| Responsibility: | John L. Esposito. |
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<br>"Could not come at a more timely moment.... A model of direct, jargon-free prose that takes its readers on a tour d'horizon of the history of Islamic thought about the West, modernity and jihad. Esposito's book will save readers the effort of reading a shelf of books that address the same issues in a less succinct manner."--Peter L. Bergen, Washington Post Book World<p><br>"An invaluable book. Erudite, compelling and passionate, Unholy War is essential reading at this crisis of world history, and provides a lucid introduction to truths which must now become common knowledge."--Karen Armstrong, author of Islam: A Short History<p><br>"Among the plethora of books published after the cataclysm of 9/11, Unholy War is one of the most insightful and informative in explicating the religious and political roots of the terrorism threat confronting the US."--Choice<p><br>"Esposito has condensed the wealth of knowledge of the Islamic world evinced in his Oxford Illustrated History of Islam, producing a book that can admirably serve as an extremely valuable primer in this new world order in which communists have been replaced by terrorists as the planet's resident evil."--Booklist<p><br>"A welcome antidote against simplistic attitudes toward Islam.... Those who want a guide to the origins of the current clash of civilizations are unlikely to find a better book."--Publishers Weekly<p><br> Read more...
