Simon Mayall

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The Struggle between Christendom and the Caliphate Ungekürzte Lesung. 950 Min.

Sprecher: Mayall, Simon

Beschreibung

Bloomsbury presents The House of War: The Struggle between Christendom and the Caliphate written and read by Simon Mayall. A powerful new history detailing the most significant military clashes between Islam and Christendom over the 1,300 years of the Muslim caliphate. From the taking of the holy city of Jerusalem in the 7th century AD by Caliph Umar, to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire following the end of World War I, Christian popes, emperors and kings, and Muslim caliphs and sultans were locked in a 1300-year battle for political, military, ideological, economic and religious supremacy. In this powerful new history of the era, acknowledged expert on the history of the Middle East and the Crusades Simon Mayall focuses on some of the most significant clashes of arms in human history: the taking and retaking of Jerusalem and the collapse of the Crusader states; the fall of Constantinople; the sieges of Rhodes and Malta; the assault on Vienna and the 'high-water mark' of Ottoman advance into Europe; culminating in the Allied capture of Jerusalem in World War I, the final collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the dissolution of the sultanate and the caliphate, and the formation of modern Europe and the modern Middle East. The House of War offers a wide, sweeping narrative, encompassing the broad historical and religious context of this period, while focussing on some of the key, pivotal sieges and battles, and on the protagonists, political and military, who determined their conclusions and their consequences.

Autor

Simon Mayall is a former soldier in the British Army. Much of his 40-year professional career was focussed on the Middle East, and he has strong family and academic interests in the region. His last appointments were as the British Government’s Defence Senior Adviser for the Middle East, and the Prime Minister’s Security Envoy to Iraq and the Kurdish Region. As well as The House of War, he is the author of a book on Turkey’s post-Cold War security policy, a thesis on Jihadist ideology, and Soldier in the Sand – A Personal History of the Modern Middle East. He is a regular media contributor on Middle East and defence and security issues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Osprey Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472864321
• Artikelnr.: 70988098

Rezensionen

Ambitious in range, pacy and highly readable, and admirably clear, it should be essential reading for diplomats, military leaders and politicians.