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_d167272
020 _a0275981010 (alk. paper)
040 _cCUS
082 0 0 _a297.09
_bNAF/I
100 1 _aNafziger, George F.
245 1 0 _aIslam at war: a history/
_cGeorge F. Nafziger and Mark W. Walton.
260 _aWestport, Conn. :
_bPraeger,
_c2003.
300 _aviii, 278 p. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-265) and index.
505 _aBirth of Islam : Islamic expansion and Muhammad as battlefield commander -- The great conquests -- Islam and the Crusades -- The sword and India : the Moghul conquest -- Egypt in the world of Islam -- The Muslim conquest and loss of Spain -- The rise of the Ottoman Empire -- The sick man of Europe : the Balkans and the fall of the Ottoman Empire -- The sword and the sea : Muslim navies, Lepanto, and Malta -- Mullahs and machine guns : colonial wars in the Middle East -- Mullahs and missiles : Islamic wars since 1945 -- Islam and Jihad : for it is ordained unto you -- Dying for God : the assassins-- past and present -- Conclusion.
650 0 _aIslam
_xHistory.
650 0 _aWar Religious aspects Islam.
700 1 _aWalton, Mark W.
942 _cWB16