"Terrorism requires only a few. Obviously the West must defend
itself by whatever means will be effective. But in devising means
to fight the terrorists, it would surely be useful to understand
the forces that drive them." --from the Introduction
"Remarkably succinct . . . It offers a long view in the midst of so
much short-termism and confusing punditry. Lewis has done us
all--Muslim and non-Muslim alike--a remarkable service." --"The New
York Times Book Review"
"Inestimable . . . replete with the exceptional historical insight
that one has come to expect from the world's foremost Islamic
scholar." --"The Wall Street Journal"
"A timely and provocative contribution to the current raging debate
about the tensions between the West and the Islamic world."
--"BusinessWeek"
"No scholar of Islam in the Western world has more thoroughly
earned the respect of generalists and academics alike than Bernard
Lewis. . . . An excitingly knowledgeable antidote to today's
natural sense of befuddlement. . . . History with electric
immediacy." --Baltimore "Sun"
" Terrorism requires only a few. Obviously the West must defend
itself by whatever means will be effective. But in devising means
to fight the terrorists, it would surely be useful to understand
the forces that drive them." -- from the Introduction
" Remarkably succinct . . . It offers a long view in the midst of
so much short-termism and confusing punditry. Lewis has done us
all-- Muslim and non-Muslim alike-- a remarkable service." -- "The
New York Times Book Review"
" Inestimable . . . replete with the exceptional historical insight
that one has come to expect from the world' s foremost Islamic
scholar." -- "The Wall Street Journal"
" A timely and provocative contribution to the current raging
debate about the tensions between the West and the Islamic world."
-- "BusinessWeek"
" No scholar of Islam in the Western world has more thoroughly
earned the respect of generalists and academics alike than Bernard
Lewis. . . . An excitingly knowledgeable antidote to today' s
natural sense of befuddlement. . . . History with electric
immediacy." -- Baltimore "Sun"
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