Islam at War: A History

CONTENTS

Introduction vii

  - Battlefield Commander 1. Birth of Islam: Islamic Expansion and Muhammad as

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  2. The Great Conquests
  
  
  
  


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  3. Islam and the Crusades
  
  
  
  


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  4. The Sword and India: The Moghul Conquest
  
  
  
  


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  5. Egypt in the World of Islam
  
  
  
  


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  6. The Muslim Conquest and Loss of Spain
  
  
  
  


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  7. The Rise of the Ottoman Empire
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Ottoman Empire 8. The Sick Man of Europe: The Balkans and the Fall of the
  
  
  
  


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  9. The Sword and the Sea: Muslim Navies, Lepanto, and Malta
  
  
  
  


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  10. Mullahs and Machine Guns: Colonial Wars in the Middle East
  
  
  
  


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  11. Mullahs and Missiles: Islamic Wars since
  
  
  
  


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  12. Islam and Jihad: For It Is Ordained unto You
  
  
  
  


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  13. Dying for God: The Assassins—Past and Present