Title: So what went wrong?
Product review: I read the book and I am just like before reading it: so what went wrong? Mr. Lewis, although no doubt an excellent scholar, does not answer the question. He doesn't even treat the subject of the title (The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East). The book is not about Islam but about the Ottoman Empire almost exclusively. It doesn't analyze the roots of the current gap between Muslims and the rest of the world, but simply gives a series of historical accounts without any clear thread between them.I think Mr. Lewis should have done much better.
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