About this title: From 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 behaviour, and that foremost among these is Islam's ...
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Description: Very Good. B000WN5L4A NOT an ex-library copy. A clean and unmarked copy, whose covers have minimal wear and no creasing to the spine. A price label is affixed to the front cover at the top. Illustrated with eight maps. In ix + 276 pages, including notes and index. (Zone 538) read more
Edition: Annotated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780300106039ISBN:0300106033
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Hardcover Edition-Average Wear-Few Markings. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 276 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2006-04-26
ISBN-13:9780300106039ISBN:0300106033
Description: Very Good. No names, no remainder marks, no stickers. No creases in cover or spine. Appears to be unopened and unread. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Edition: Annotated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780300106039ISBN:0300106033
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Underlining on first 27 pages. Rest of book is unmarked. Excellent cover condition. 276 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Annotated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780300106039ISBN:0300106033
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 276 p. Audience: General/trade. Very good softcover in very good condition. Inside is clean with no writing or markings. read more
Edition: Annotated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780300106039ISBN:0300106033
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. A trade paperback book in great reading condition, edge wear, spine crease, dog eared, pages clean. TPB read more
"Argues that Islamic Fascism is not necessarily rooted in religious fervor, but instead is rooted in pragmatism. Their objective is siding with the strong and attacking them later on in their weakness.
Interesting take on Islamic Terrorism. Although it is a bit heavy on facts and depth."
"This book posits that pan-Arabism (and in effect pan-Islamism) is an euphemism for imperialist ambition. Karsh's starts with Muhammad and the beginning of Islam and ends in the 'present'. Internecine fighting occurred through the ages as individuals and groups hawked the idea of a universal Islamic empire for personal gain. In his conclusion, Karsh says "... Osama bin Laden and other Islamists' war is not against America per se, but is rather the most recent manifestiation of the millenarian jihad for a universal Islamic empire...."
"This is a well-written history with a dangerous thesis: that Islam is necessarily imperialistic. Granted, Islam did begin as a state religion. But at some point in history, Christianity and Judaism were also state religions. Judaism even started as a state religion. Christianity didn't, but it soon became the religion of an empire. Is any of these three religions necessarily imperialistic? Or do they just offer some handy rhetoric for men bent on conquest?"
"It's always good to read a book that has a more conservative view point then your own. Would have been more interesting to me if there had been more of a comparison between Islamic imperialism and other sorts."
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