Sword and Scimitar

Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West

De: Raymond Ibrahim, Victor Davis Hanson - foreword

Narrado por: John McLain

A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities

The West and Islam - the sword and scimitar - have clashed since the 17th century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Roman emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's order to abandon Christianity and convert to Islam, unleashing a centuries-long jihad on Christendom.

Sword and Scimitar chronicles the decisive battles that arose from this ages-old Islamic jihad, beginning with the first major Islamic attack on Christian land in 636 through the Muslim occupation of nearly three quarters of Christendom which prompted the Crusades, followed by renewed Muslim conquests by Turks and Tatars to the European colonization of the Muslim world in the 1800s, when Islam largely went on the retreat - until its reemergence in recent times. Using original sources in Arabic and Greek, preeminent historian Raymond Ibrahim describes each battle in vivid detail and explains how these wars and the larger historical currents of the age reflect the cultural fault lines between Islam and the West.

The majority of these landmark battles - including the battles of Yarmuk, Tours, Manzikert, the sieges at Constantinople and Vienna, and the crusades in Syria and Spain - are now forgotten or considered inconsequential. Yet today, as the West faces a resurgence of this enduring Islamic jihad, Sword and Scimitar provides the needed historical context to understand the current relationship between the West and the Islamic world - and why the Islamic State is merely the latest chapter of an old history.

©2018 Raymond Ibrahim (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

the history schools will never teach

should be required reading for every officer entering the military. much greater understanding of the history of The perpetual conflict.
difficult to comprehend why this was never common knowledge or discussed more often in universities and the media as a whole.

Crown Jewel of subject matter

The most comprehensive expose on the religious war full of quotes from both Islamist and Christian historians of the last 14 centuries.

Forgotten History

This book was informative and frightening at the same time. A must read in our times.

The Religion of Banditry and Islam.

Organized crime diskised as religion. Fanatical adherents created by promises of carnal pleasures in the afterlife. The of the religion of bandits and rapeists, follow in their sadistic prophets footsteps...
This is the history of a man made religion, with all the hallmark traits of a man made religion. Allah obviously (conveniently) sanctions all of the prophets vices with the flippancy of any heartless dictator... But what happens when that same justification for atrocities becomes the blank cheque for all muslims to subjugate, rape, pillage and conquer by the sword? let this historical account speak for itself. This is OUR history. the history of mankind... let us NEVER forget what a toxic psychological plague Islam is on any culture!!

informative & vigorous history if a tad depressing

this part of the review says optional but audible won't let me post it without at least fifteen words here...

essential historical perspective

I will most certainly seek others sources for corroboration. However, this book does seem to encompass a comprehensive perspective of the west's interactions with the Muslim religion regardless of country.

Must read

Great Historical overview. Especially if you want to learn more about the Crusades and understand todays environment.

wow

a nice light read.
mind opener.
page turner for sure
nice to here the old school way of getting things done.
not a bedtime story for kids

Superb

superb military history, gripping story telling, atrocious facts we must learn from if we are to avoid repeating the grim fate of Western civilization.

Must read

Raymond Ibraham’s is an outstanding, excellent, and detailed review of the tensions between Islam and the west.

This book is a must read for leaders of the west, as well as a call for action for all of us in the west!