challenging work_ Spencer displays an enormous amount of well-
researched material, He throws the ball hack into the camp of Arabist
historians:
—DEWalid Phares„ author.Lebanese Christian
Nationalism:The Rise u' Fall of on Ethnic
Resistance'Sweeping away the politically correct myths about a tolerant. peaceful
Islam brutalized by demonic Christian Crusaders, Robert Spencer in this
powerful, important book lets thefacts of history speak for themselves,
The truth herecovers is simple: an aggressive.violentIslamic creed for
fourteen centurieshas wag ed war aga ins t the inf ide l Wes t a sco urg e
of con ques t and persecution that roused the Crusaders to restore the
Near East to the Christian and Hellenic culture devastated by the
armies of Islam. Spencer's rousing, straight-talking book is a much-
needed antidote to the poisonous propaganda that compromises our
current battle against jihadist murder."
—Bruce S. Thornton,author.GreekWays:How the Greeks
CreatedWestern Civilization