Ussama Makdisi: 2 books
Faith Misplaced
The Broken Promise of U.S.-Arab Relations: 1820-2001
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...
Artillery of Heaven
American Missionaries and the Failed Conversion of the Middle East
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...