Recent events have made an understanding of the turmoil in the Middle East more important than ever.
In these essays, Bernard Lewis , a leading expert on Islam, gives essential background on Middle Eastern conflicts with the West and shows how Islam -- from its first expansion to its interpretation by Saddam Hussein and other extremists -- has always been inextricably linked to the Western world.
Open Court Islam in history: ideas, people, and events in the middle east, paperback/bernard lewis
