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This review is from: Militarism in Arab Society: An Historiographical and Bibliographical Sourcebook (Hardcover)
In this short book the author attempts to cover a wide swath of Islamic military history by discussing a few battles; primarily those conducted by Islam's founder, the Prophet Mohammad, his immediate successors, and in order to tie together the theme to this book, the author tosses in a couple of very brief chapters pertaining to Saladin, the Wahhabi movement in Arabia, and the overall Israel-Arab conflict. Whew! Because so many topics are covered, not a whole lot of detailed analysis about anything, besides: "This battle occurred because some Muslim warlord wanted to expand his power by defeating someone else." If you are interested in any of these topics, you are better off in reading specific books about them, rather than trying to find any great critical analysis in this short book. While the subject is "Militarism in Arab Society", the author doesn't provide any analysis as to how the Arab peoples viewed their military systems, or how the military systems were organized, or how these military systems influenced the outcome of some battle. Essentially, the author highlights a handful of battles, and then provides references for the reader to peruse in finding more useful information. The overall, `brief' Israeli-Arab conflict between 1948-2002 is explained in 12 expansive pages! I read this book in less than 90 minutes.
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Militarism in Arab Society: An Historiographical and Bibliographical Sourcebook by John Walter Jandora (Hardcover - May 30, 1997)
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