Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World

Best book to understand the roots of the three religions Christanity, Islam and Judaism.

The book mainly tells us that the Crusades have been the trigger for the problems in the Middle-East. Fundamentally, the Crusades were *Anti-Muslim* & incidentally *Anti-Jews* as well. Soon it became Frankenstein Monster and turned *Anti-Christain* too. The brunt of Crusades was faced by *Indian American Natives* also. Christopher Columbus was a Crusader and so was Napoleon (though a mild one). Crusading later shaped into Imperialism in 19th Century. As regards Jerusalem, it's holy for all the three faiths but *Only Muslims* have been accomodative of other two faiths !

an eye opener!

Always the best

Armstrong's work here represents a supremacy of thought, depth in research and incisiveness in insight that's unmatched...her devotion to religion through this work is evident and a pleasure to journey through....

Seems dragged after midway. Only those with special concern to middle East can keep up interest.

Just a liberlist rant against the church by an ex-nun in the guise of a critique of the crusades

Indeed a great book about the history of religion and cause of wars. It's so mesmerizing to read.

excellent, thank you !

The book "Holy War..." is definitely below my expectations. The author presents her personal religious views on Christanity at the inception of the book. This is disapponting because her views are superficial. More to the point, they are in conflict with serious logical reasoning (even the principle on non-contradiction is at stake in her many of her huge verbal tirades) and are even politically biased for their annoying and old fashioned atheistic propaganda.

Die Autorin schreibe nur Bücher, um zu verkaufen. Sie hat keine eigene Meinung. Sie schreibt die Bücher in der Weise, damit die Kuden zufrieden sind. Ihre Bücher haben kein tiefes Wissen. Die Inhalte sind teilweise nicht genau.

What a wonderful inrtoduction Karen gives to the subject. This is an eye and mind opener - required reading for any student of any religious or hunmanist belief.

Armstrong's style of writing is very enjoyable. Unlike any other historical, academic or theological texts that I have read, This work by Armstrong exceed other writers, in that once you start reading it, you just can't put it away for long until you finished reading through the last chapter. I finished it in less than a week, it was very enjoyable reading.About it's content, Armstrong is very fair in explaining the crusades from the Christian, Jewish and Islamic viewpoints. Her narration shows that she is not siding with any particular religion or belef, she managed to give fair insight to all sides involved. This is a truly good history book.As a Muslim reader, she has my highest apreciation.