{"product_id":"witnesses-to-a-world-crisis-james-howard-johnston-9780199208593","title":"Witnesses to a World Crisis: Historians and Histories of the Middle East in the Seventh Century","description":"James Howard-Johnston provides a sweeping and highly readable account of probably the most dramatic single episode in world history - the emergence of a new religion (Islam), the destruction of two established great powers (Roman and Iranian), and the creation of a new world empire by the Arabs, all in the space of not much more than a generation (610-52 AD). Warfare looms large, especially where operations can be followed in some detail, as in Iraq 636-40, in Egypt 641-2 and in the long-drawn out battle for the Mediterranean (649-98). As the first history of the formative phase of Islam to be grounded in the important non-Islamic as well as Islamic sources \u003cem\u003eWitnesses to a World Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Islam as a religion and political force, the modern Middle East, and the jihadist impulse, which is as evident today as it was in the seventh century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Howard-Johnston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019920859X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199208593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2010","brand":"James Howard-Johnston","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44212957806847,"sku":"9780199208593","price":265.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d832f65d-9c6d-4e1a-a122-a4b177c3bfd5.jpg?v=1692111241","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/witnesses-to-a-world-crisis-james-howard-johnston-9780199208593","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}