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100 1  Ibrahim, Raymond,|eauthor. 
245 10 Sword and scimitar :|bfourteen centuries of war between 
       Islam and the west /|cRaymond Ibrahim ; with a foreword by
       Victor Davis Hanson. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 [New York, NY] :|bDe Capo Press,|c[2018] 
300    xvii, 334 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations, maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-320) and 
       index. 
520    A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between 
       Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current 
       hostilities The West and Islam--the sword and the scimitar
       --have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, 
       according to Muslim tradition, the Byzantine emperor 
       rejected Prophet Muhammad's order to abandon Christianity 
       and convert to Islam, unleashing a centuries-long jihad on
       Christendom. Sword and Scimitar chronicles the significant
       battles that arose from this ages-old Islamic jihad, 
       beginning with the first major Islamic attack on Christian
       land in 636, through the occupation of the Middle East 
       that prompted the Crusades and the far-flung conquests of 
       the Ottoman Turks, to the European colonization of the 
       Muslim world in the 1800s, when Islam largely went on the 
       retreat--until its reemergence in recent times. Using 
       original sources in Arabic, Greek, Latin, and Turkish, 
       preeminent historian Raymond Ibrahim describes each battle
       in vivid detail and explains the effect the outcome had on
       larger historical currents of the age and how the military
       lessons of the battle reflect the cultural faultlines 
       between Islam and the West. The majority of these landmark
       battles are now forgotten or considered inconsequential. 
       Yet today, as the West faces a resurgence of this enduring
       Islamic jihad, Sword and Scimitar provides the needed 
       historical context to understand the current relationship 
       between the West and the Islamic world, and why the 
       Islamic State is merely the latest chapter of an old 
       history. 
650  0 Jihad. 
651  0 Islamic Empire|xHistory, Military. 
651  0 Islamic countries|xHistory, Military. 
651  0 Turkey|xHistory, Military.