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A review by tajeip
Infidels: A History of the Conflict Between Christendom and Islam by Andrew Wheatcroft
3.0
A bit of a stretch. I would have appreciated more substantiation to the author's claim that the modern conflict between the West and radical Islam is connected to the medieval conflict between Islam and Christendom. It seems like the author is trying to find an association where one doesn't truly exist (a common problem with non-fiction writing).
But if the author had stopped before the modern era, this would have been a good book — very comprehensive and, more crucially, rigorously balanced in the examination of both the Christian and Muslim perspectives. A timely reminder that the Muslim world surpassed the West for a long time before the Renaissance, Reconcquista, etc. Truly a book of two parts.
But if the author had stopped before the modern era, this would have been a good book — very comprehensive and, more crucially, rigorously balanced in the examination of both the Christian and Muslim perspectives. A timely reminder that the Muslim world surpassed the West for a long time before the Renaissance, Reconcquista, etc. Truly a book of two parts.