Worlds at war : the 2,500-year struggle between East and West
by
 
Pagden, Anthony.

Title
: 
Worlds at war : the 2,500-year struggle between East and West

Author
: 
Pagden, Anthony.

ISBN
: 
9780199237432

Personal Author
: 
Pagden, Anthony.

Publication Information
: 
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Physical Description
: 
xxvi, 548 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Contents
: 
1. Perpetual Enmity -- 2. In the Shadow of Alexander -- 3. A World of Citizens -- 4. The Church Triumphant -- 5. The Coming of Islam -- 6. Houses of War -- 7. The Present Terror of the World -- 8. Science Ascendant -- 9. Enlightened Orientalism -- 10. The Muhammad of the West -- 11. The Eastward Course of Empire -- 12. Epilogue: Towards the Future.

Abstract
: 
"The wars between East and West have not only been the longest and most costly in human history, they have also formed the West's vision of itself as independent, free, secular, and now democratic. They have shaped, and continue to shape, the nature of the modern world."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term
: 
East and West.
 
Culture conflict -- History.
 
Christianity and other religions -- Islam -- History.
 
Imperialism -- History.

Geographic Term
: 
Europe -- Relations -- Islamic countries.
 
Islamic countries -- Relations -- Europe.


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