Artillery of Heaven
(Part of the The United States in the World Series and The United States in the World Series)
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The complex relationship between America and the Arab world goes back further than most people realize. In Artillery of Heaven, Ussama Makdisi presents a foundational American encounter with the Arab world that occurred in the nineteenth century, shortly after the arrival of the first American Protestant missionaries in the Middle East. He tells the dramatic tale of the conversion and death of As'ad Shidyaq, the earliest Arab convert to...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801475759
ISBN13:9780801475757
Release Date:August 2009
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:280 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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