Holy War by Karen Armstrong (ISBN:0385721404)

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		Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World
	
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			Karen Armstrong		
	
Karen Armstrong, bestselling author of A History of God, skillfully narrates this history of the Crusades with a view toward their profound and...more
 Karen Armstrong, bestselling author of A History of God, skillfully narrates this history of the Crusades with a view toward their profound and continuing influence. In 1095 Pope Urban II summoned Christian warriors to take up the cross and reconquer the Holy Land. Thus began the holy wars that would focus the power of Europe against a common enemy and become the stuff of romantic legend. In reality the Crusades were a series of rabidly savage conflicts in the name of piety. And, as Armstrong demonstrates in this fascinating book, their legacy of religious violence continues today in the Middle East, where the age-old conflict of Christians, Jews, and Muslims persists.   less

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							Hitesh
						
							few weeks ago						
Good Historical narrative of Crusades ... Their beginning and how it still affects a huge population of Human Race

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Well-researched book my noted Islamist apologist, Karen Armstrong, who glosses over the intial Islamic conquest of much of the Middle East, North Africa and Western Asia, and instead seeks to place the blame for modern Islamic terrorism on the Crusades and Israel. Her booka are popular among college professors (which is where i first learned about her and began my initial start into...more
 Well-researched book my noted Islamist apologist, Karen Armstrong, who glosses over the intial Islamic conquest of much of the Middle East, North Africa and Western Asia, and instead seeks to place the blame for modern Islamic terrorism on the Crusades and Israel. Her booka are popular among college professors (which is where i first learned about her and began my initial start into Islamic studies).   hide

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							Ruba
						
							few weeks ago						
Some of the chapters i found very interesting

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Very Nice Book , it is my horizon about how was the people in this old thinking , and how that the spiritual visions influences the thinking of those even if they was very intellectual and self confident , it also taught me that how the ignorance between the cultures will lead to such wars .

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							John
						
							few weeks ago						
Very good book but has some parts in it that make for slow reading.
Very good book but slow reading at times.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
A good book for lay people to understand the complexities of the various Crusades

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
this book makes you think about the wars these days in jerusallem,only hundred years ago they fought in the name of god,..these days in the name of ego i guess..

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
A good explanation of how religions have used the claim that they are G*D's chosen people to commit genocide and justify their hatred of anyone who is not a member of their religion.

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							Scott\'n\'Shana
						
							few weeks ago						
When someone throws out the word "Crusade" we should probably read up on what it means to the rest of the audience, huh? I enjoyed this book and, even though some consistently refer to Ms. Armstrong as an apologist, the book is well-researched and clarifies concepts like Sala-ad-Din, Jerusalem, and Knights Templar. Warning--the beliefs you hold when you open this...more
 When someone throws out the word "Crusade" we should probably read up on what it means to the rest of the audience, huh? I enjoyed this book and, even though some consistently refer to Ms. Armstrong as an apologist, the book is well-researched and clarifies concepts like Sala-ad-Din, Jerusalem, and Knights Templar. Warning--the beliefs you hold when you open this book will be tested when you read it, so there's some heavy lifting involved. Recommend.   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
based on the cover, i'd guess this book is about a guy who lost a bet to a an archer and had to fling himself across town by catapult or risk getting shot with an arrow. but, having read the book, i know that's only about 22% true. rather, the pages shed some clarification on how fucked up the crusades were and how incredibly zealous and fanatic people could be when they hear voices and mistake...more
 based on the cover, i'd guess this book is about a guy who lost a bet to a an archer and had to fling himself across town by catapult or risk getting shot with an arrow. but, having read the book, i know that's only about 22% true. rather, the pages shed some clarification on how fucked up the crusades were and how incredibly zealous and fanatic people could be when they hear voices and mistake them for god. 

a great historical read.   hide

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