Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests
"It is good to see military history written competently by someone who knows the sources well and, what is more, has visited the sites of the major conflicts; Kaegi is good on the importance of landscape, strategy and confusion in deciding the outcome....[A] robust approach...."   Hugh Kennedy, Times Literary Supplement"It is refreshing to read about the conquests from a Byzantinist's perspective and by one who is also familiar with the Arabic sources....Kaegi has presented a thorough and balanced view of the early Islmaic conquests of Byzantine territories.  His assertion, based on a judicious reading of the sources, that these conquests were not inevitable is a welcome addition to the scholarship on this period."    Ara Dostourian, Journal of the Society for Armenian State"...will remain for many years to come the fundamental work on the subject and will be the foundation on which any future historian of the conquests will have to build."    Journal of the American Oriental Society