Title: Dr. Goldschmidt's "A Concise History of the Middle East"
Product review: Having to study this book for an undergraduate Middle East course, I was wearily annoyed at Dr. Goldschmidt's illuminated bias during the entire book. Chapter 3 alone is no where near a "history" but rather an author's editorialjustifying any and all actions of Muhammad, including the slaughter of Jews during the seventh century for not accepting the authority of Muhammad as a prophet or messiah, adultery, polygamy, theft and pre-emptive war in support of it all. Dr. Goldschmidt portrays the Western and Christian world as ignorant to understanding the great works of Muhummad and trys to pull any new student of the Middle East and Islam into his little realm of prejudices. Any humane Christian or Jew who reads this book will be outraged at Dr. Goldschmidt's justifications. I understand history is bias but history isn't insane. This book most certainly deserves no praise.
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