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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days "Europe and the Islamic World" sheds much-needed light on the shared roots of Islamic and Western cultures and on the richness of their inextricably intertwined histories, refuting once and for all the misguided notion of a "clash of civilizations" between the Muslim world and Europe. In this landmark book, three eminent historians bring to life the complex and tumultuous relations between Genoans and Tunisians, Alexandrians and the people of Constantinople, Catalans and Maghrebis--the myriad groups and individuals whose stories reflect the common cultural, intellectual, and religious heritage of Europe and Islam. Since the seventh century, when the armies of Constantinople and Medina fought for control of Syria and Palestine, there has been ongoing contact between the Muslim world and the West. This sweeping history vividly recounts the wars and the crusades, the alliances and diplomacy, commerce and the slave trade, technology transfers, and the intellectual and artistic exchanges. Here readers are given an unparalleled introduction to key periods and events, including the Muslim conquests, the collapse of the Byzantine Empire, the commercial revolution of the medieval Mediterranean, the intellectual and cultural achievements of Muslim Spain, the crusades and Spanish reconquest, the rise of the Ottomans and their conquest of a third of Europe, European colonization and decolonization, and the challenges and promise of this entwined legacy today. As provocative as it is groundbreaking, this book describes this shared history in all its richness and diversity, revealing how ongoing encounters between Europe and Islam have profoundly shaped both. Features Summary Focuses on the shared roots of Islamic and Western cultures and on the richness of their inextricably intertwined histories, refuting once and for all the misguided notion of a clash of civilizations between the Muslim world and Europe... Author John Tolan (Author), Henry Laurens (Author), Gilles Veinstein (Author), John L. Esposito (Foreword by) Publisher Princeton University Press Release date 20121104 Pages 488 ISBN 0-691-14705-1 ISBN 13 978-0-691-14705-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days In this complete military history of Britain's pacification of the Arab revolt in Palestine, Matthew Hughes shows how the British Army was so devastatingly effective against colonial rebellion. The Army had a long tradition of pacification to draw upon to support operations, underpinned by the creation of an emergency colonial state in Palestine. After conquering Palestine in 1917, the British established a civil Government that ruled by proclamation and, without any local legislature, the colonial authorities codified in law norms of collective punishment that the Army used in 1936. The Army used 'lawfare', emergency legislation enabled by the colonial state, to grind out the rebellion. Soldiers with support from the RAF launched kinetic operations to search and destroy rebel bands, alongside which the villagers on whom the rebels depended were subjected to curfews, fines, detention, punitive searches, demolitions and reprisals. Rebels were disorganised and unable to withstand the power of such pacification measures. Features Summary More than just a military history of Britain's suppression of the Arab revolt in Palestine, this is a dissection of how the British empire worked to supress dissent and how subject peoples resisted colonial rule. Author Matthew Hughes Publisher Cambridge UniversityPress Release date 20190103 Pages 516 ISBN 1-107-10320-7 ISBN 13 978-1-107-10320-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days "Klein's excellent survey of these realities and dynamics will remain an important brief for decision-makers in the future."--"The Journal of Israeli History" "A book of considerable weight and an important contribution to the growing genre of political studies in Jerusalem." -- Michael Dumper," Journal of Palestine Studies" Jerusalem, which means "city of peace," is one of the most bitterly contested territories on earth. Claimed by two peoples and sacred to three faiths, for the last three decades the city has been associated with violent struggle and civil unrest. As the peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis reach their conclusion, the final, and most difficult issue is the status of Jerusalem. How and to what extent will these two nations share this city? How will Christians, Muslims and Jews in Jerusalem and around the world redefine their relationship to Jerusalem when the dust settles on the final agreement? Will the Israelis and Palestinians even be able to reach an agreement at all? Menachem Klein, one of the leading experts on the history and politics of Jerusalem, cuts through the rhetoric on all sides to explain the actual policies of the Israelis and Palestinians toward the city. He describes the "facts on the ground" that make their competing claims so fraught with tension and difficult to reconcile. He shows how Palestinian national institutions have operated clandestinely since the Israelis occupied the eastern half of the city, and how the Israelis have tried to suppress them. Ultimately, he points the way toward a compromise solution but insists that the struggle for power and cultural recognition will likely continue to be apermanent feature of life in this complicated, multi-cultural city. Features Summary Jerusalem, which means "city of peace", is one of the most bitterly contested territories on earth. Claimed by two peoples and sacred to three faiths, for the last three decades the city has been associated with violent struggle and civil unrest... Author Menachem Klein (Author), Haim Watzmanv (As told to) Publisher New York University Press Release date 20001130 Pages 272 ISBN 0-8147-4754-X ISBN 13 978-0-8147-4754-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days In this highly acclaimed work, Edward Said surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering Orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation — a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the 'otherness' of Eastern culture, customs and beliefs. He traces this view through the writings of Homer, Nerval and Flaubert, Disraeli and Kipling, whose imaginative depictions have greatly contributed to the West's romantic and exotic picture of the Orient. In his new preface, Said examines the effect of continuing Western imperialism after recent events in Palestine, Afghanistan and Iraq. With a new preface by the author Features Summary Surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers... Author Edward W. Said Publisher Penguin Classics Release date 20030828 Pages 396 ISBN 0-14-118742-5 ISBN 13 978-0-14-118742-6

 Hard Cover. Dust cover in excellent condition. Text as good as new. Published 1995. 296 pages. A true story of enemies who meet, in the heat of an inferno called Palestine - and make peace. Abu-Sharif was a Palestinian hijacker and Uzi Mahnaimi worked as a spymaster for a secret unit of Israeli military intelligence. The rare first testaments of these 2 men shine a spotlight of personal experience on the dark history of the Holy Land. This book takes us to the deepest roots of the war between Arab and Jew.