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008			081202s2009 nyuab b 000 0 eng
010			_a 2008051976
020			_a9780061582615
020			_a0061582611
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn277118422
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dYDX _dBTCTA _dYDXCP _dBKL _dUPZ _dIK2 _dBWX _dDLC _dNEMB
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050	0	0	_aD157 _b.S736 2009
082	0	0	_a909.07 _222
998			_bEW
100	1		_aStark, Rodney.
245	1	0	_aGod's battalions : _bthe case for the Crusades / _cRodney Stark.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bHarperOne, _cc2009.
300			_a276 p. : _billus., maps ; pbk ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aGreedy barbarians in armor? -- Muslim invaders -- Christendom strikes back -- Western "ignorance" versus Eastern "culture" -- Pilgrimage and persecution -- Enlisting crusaders -- Going East -- Bloody victories -- The crusader kingdoms -- The struggle to defend the kingdoms -- Crusades against Egypt -- Mission abandoned.
520			_aIn God's Battalions, award-winning author Rodney Stark takes on the long-held view that the Crusades were the first round of European colonialism, conducted for land, loot, and converts by barbarian Christians who victimized the cultivated Muslims. Instead, Stark argues that the Crusades were the first military response to Muslim terrorist aggession.
650		0	_aCrusades.
650		0	_aChristianity and other religions _xIslam.
650		0	_aIslam _xRelations _xChristianity.
650		0	_aReligion and civilization.
650		0	_aCivilization, Medieval.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2008051976-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2008051976-d.html
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