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

by Peter O'Brien

Book Overview

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"