Ussama Makdisi: 2 books

Book cover of Faith Misplaced

Faith Misplaced

The Broken Promise of U.S.-Arab Relations: 1820-2001

by Ussama Makdisi
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010

In this riveting account of U.S.-Arab relations, award-winning author Ussama Makdisi explores why Arabs once had a favorable view of America and why they no longer do. Firmly rejecting the spurious notion of a civilizational clash between Islam and the West, Makdisi instead demonstrates how an initial...
Book cover of Artillery of Heaven

Artillery of Heaven

American Missionaries and the Failed Conversion of the Middle East

by Ussama Makdisi
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The complex relationship between America and the Arab world goes back further than most people realize. In Artillery of Heaven, Ussama Makdisi presents a foundational American encounter with the Arab world that occurred in the nineteenth century, shortly after the arrival of the first American Protestant...
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