The last crusade
Subtitle: Americanism and the Islamic reformation
By: Michael A. Palmer
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781597970624
Subjects: East and West; Civilization, Islamic -- Western influences; Islamic modernism; Civilization, Western -- 20th century; Civilization, Western -- 21st century; United States -- Civilization -- 20th century -- Foreign public opinion, Muslim; United States -- Civilization -- 21st century -- Foreign public opinion, Muslim
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-259) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the death throes of political Islam?; title: 1. "Slay the idolaters wherever you find them"; title: 2. "The ruin of civilization"; title: 3. The rise of the West; title: 4. "God's American Israel"; title: 5. "The sick man of Europe"; title: 6. War, oil, and Israel; title: 7. "The Middle East version of Teddy Roosevelt"; title: 8. The American crusade; title: Conclusion: "The will to live; title: the will to die"; title: Bibliography