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Islamic Imperialism: A History Paperback – April 26, 2006

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From the first Arab-Islamic Empire of the mid-seventh century to the Ottomans, the last great Muslim empire, the story of the Middle East has been the story of the rise and fall of universal empires and, no less important, of imperialist dreams. So argues Efraim Karsh in this highly provocative book. Rejecting the conventional Western interpretation of Middle Eastern history as an offshoot of global power politics, Karsh contends that the region’s experience is the culmination of long-existing indigenous trends, passions, and patterns of behavior, and that foremost among these is Islam’s millenarian imperial tradition.
The author explores the history of Islam’s imperialism and the persistence of the Ottoman imperialist dream that outlasted World War I to haunt Islamic and Middle Eastern politics to the present day. September 11 can be seen as simply the latest expression of this dream, and such attacks have little to do with U.S. international behavior or policy in the Middle East, says Karsh. The House of Islam’s war for world mastery is traditional, indeed venerable, and it is a quest that is far from over.

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Middle East scholar Karsh surveys for a general audience the region's Islamic political past. Parallel to his narrative, Karsh frequently contrasts the universalistic proclamations of Islam with cycles of imperial consolidation and fragmentation. After recounting the Prophet Muhammad's religio-political establishment of Islam, and the discord about his legacy that continues today, Karsh narrates the battles over Muhammad's caliphate that eventuated in the Umayyad and Abbasid Empires. Karsh's commentary often looks forward to contemporary ideologues of Islam who ransack history to justify grievances. In Karsh's coverage, the irruption of the Crusaders into the Levant hardly provoked a jihad to eject them; that occurred, in his account, through politically ordinary processes of empire building, eventually by the celebrated Saladin. Islamic unity and zeal, however, had always to be affirmed by reestablishers of the caliphate, a theme Karsh incorporates into his chronicling of the rise and decline of the Ottoman Empire, the distribution of its territories after World War I, and varieties of pan-Arabism prevalent after World War II. An informative foundation for further exploration of Islamic history. Gilbert Taylor
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Efraim Karsh is professor and head of the Mediterranean Studies Programme, King’s College, University of London.

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Publisher : Yale University Press (April 26, 2006)
Language: : English
Paperback : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 0300106033
ISBN-13 : 978-0300106039
Item Weight : 1.25 pounds
Dimensions : 6.13 x 1 x 9.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,766,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,634 in History of Islam
- #11,129 in Middle East History
- #368,959 in Politics & Social Sciences (Books)

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Deborah W. Seigman

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This book was recommended to me by a former student, now a professor of history. We had been commiserating about the lack of knowledge by American leaders and citizenry on the history of islamic and Christian conflict, and I had recommended "Cradle and Crucible" to him, while he recommended "Islamic Imperialism" to me. Both are wonderfully informative, each in its own way. I intend to share both books with others.

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LakotaLem

Very Enlightening

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2013

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I found this to be a superb book. As a Christian, it gave me a much better understanding of Islam, and I felt much more at peace with them after having read it. It portrays a religion that unfortunately is often hijacked for personal gain (power and/or money). What else is new in the history of the world!!!! With all religions, and governments for that matter, if we can just identify these nut cases and not get led astry by them the world will be a much better safer place.

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Dan

the west is in for a much worse scenario than we've seen to this point

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2015

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Sadly, the knowledge of Islamic Imperialism by the current media and politicians is totally lacking. If it doesn't fit the pap being spoken by the politicians it didn't happen.

Efraim Karsh gives a detailed and focused history of this Imperialism. Ignoring it at our peril, the west is in for a much worse scenario than we've seen to this point.

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Lee

Perhaps the best I've found on the spread of Islam

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2015

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Can't fault this in any way. Perhaps the best I've found on the spread of Islam. Puts the lie to those who argue that Islam was never spread by the sword.

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Understanding Arab and Muslim Motivations

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2014

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A must read to gain a greater understanding of how the Arab and the Muslim minds work. Important for understanding what is happening in the Middle East between the various countries, and for gaining insight into the motivations of the various Islamic terrorist group. If the White House staff and State Department would read this book, they could avoid some embarrassing mistakes.

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By the master

Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2014

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He tells it like it is. I would of preferred much less 'sensitivity' in sharing a scholarly view of all the material presented. (He probably was afraid of a Jihad against him!)

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Thank you for the book in question i.e.Islamic Imperialism.It is an excellent work by Professor Efraim Karsh.I refer the readers for the best reviews on computer,as Book Describtion,Editorial Review From Booklist,and Review under this book have given important reviews.Then by M.D.Roberts,and by Seth Frantzman,or by Fabian Boudville.
Good luck to readers.Ovaness Ovanessian.

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Detailed history of Islamic conquests to present. Puts today's ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2015

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Detailed history of Islamic conquests to present. Puts today's issues in context. Well done work by a scholar of Islam.

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