Chronologically profiles one-hundred wars from 547 BC through the present day, highlighting key battles, contributing factors, great commanders, and key theorists
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This book has been considered as blasphemous by the Muslim community because it has a picturesque drawing of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. The reasoning behind this is that Muslims are told to worship Allah (or God), and not anything or anyone else, not even the Prophet Mohammed -- which Muslims are supposed to follow as a guide to becoming a better Muslim. Introducing a picture of the Prophet would make the picture become a standard for all future portrayals of the Prophet, which in-time would cause the Prophet to become the object of worship -- as people generally tend to find it easier to relate to things that are seen or heard, rather than a powerful concept such as God. Similar can be said about Christianity where Jesus has sometimes been depicted as a white person with an occasional brown to blonde hair, and occasionally blue eyes, .... where in reality, Jesus probably would have looked very Middle-Eastern. The fact that there is a picture of the Prophet Mohammed in this book shows that the author understands very little about Islam, and therefore lacks the knowledge or skills to explain any subject related to Muslims at war, whether for defense or for conquest.
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2004
The chapter on Coquests of Mohammed, the Prophet(PBUH) has a picture of the Prophet(PBUH) which is not authentic and it goes against the tenets of Islam. This will alienate the Muslims world over. The artcle should be edited and the picture removed from the book. There is no authentic picture of the Prophet(PBUH) and depicting one is a sacrilage.
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2003
People they consider this book as one of the general knowledge books that they can read .. but it has un true information .. and some lies .. as well as making fun of the muslims and their prophet .. this book as a picture of the prophet Muhammad (SAAWS) .. and it is a big lie on the readers to draw him in this way .. because no one can draw him .. the history talked about his actions, his best behavoir and his way of dealing with all muslims and non muslims .. not his apperance .. how it comes that someone like this writer makes fun of him and all the muslims in this way .. by publishing this book .. that contains shallow information for non good readers .. I wish my opinion can stop people from buying such a empty book .. so they writer and publisher will be convenced about their mistake .. Thanks
On page 33 of #26 "Conquests of Genghis Khan 1206-1227" third paragraph down it says that "He [Genghis Khan] pursued the heir of Shah Muhammad, Prince Jalal ad-Din northward into Russia, won a major battle against the Russian princes in 1223, and then returned to Mongolia," is in error. Jalal ad-Din was pursued to the Indus River where he escaped southward into India. Genghis Khan did not go into India. He did not go into Russia either but sent two of his generals, Chepe Noyon and Subotai, after the fleeing Shah Muhammad, who was slain, and afterwards these genarals entered Russia and battled the Russian princes.
We Muslims are outraged that Barnes & Nobles is selling this book "100 Wars That Shaped World History" by Samuel Willard Crompton. The book contains an image of our Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) which is considered extremely offensive, a grave sin and blasphemy in Islam. I hope Barnes & Nobles respects the feelings of us Muslims and takes this book off it's list. Thank You Regards
It is clearly evident from the material in this book that Mr. Samuel Willard Crompton has employed very few to none highly irresponsible sources when writing it. He has been very careless while giving out information and has clearly lost his credibility as an author after having written this book. I am surprised that the publishers (Bluewood Books) even agreed to publish such a negligent piece of work. Such inauthentic material should definitely not be allowed to reach the market. I think that the publishers should take into consideration the harm such false and incorrect information can cause to the general public as well as to their image as a publishing house and should take the book off the market!