Title: Prof. Karsh's History
Product review: Prof. Karsh'e history of Islamic "imperialism" is an agenda-driven history of Islam with a single-minded focus on Muslim conquests described as flowing from Islamic religious teachings. At times, it reads like a political propoganda rather than objective history. Following Bernard Lewis, the author seeks to undersytand the current politics of the Muslim societies in the light of both Islamic theology and Islamic history, neglecting totally the realities of the modern period -- colonialism, nationalism, cold war, and global economic forces. A bad history and a worse politics!
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