European Perceptions of Islam and America from Saladin to George W. Bush: Europe's Fragile Ego Uncovered

by Peter O'Brien

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The study unearths in European writings about chief rivals -- Islamic civilization between the first Crusade in 1095 and the final Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, and the United States of America from independence in 1776 until the present - persistent solicitude regarding Europe's capacity to lead the world. Intriguingly, however, this very self-doubt prompted the kind of intense introspection which helped, in the past, to forge seismic progressive...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0230613055

ISBN13:9780230613058

Release Date:February 2009

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:230 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"

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Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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