A Thousand Years of Jihad

A Thousand Years of Jihad, stakes out a large historical territory: the unremitting efforts of Islamic states to advance into Europe, from the Arabic conquests of Sicily and Spain to the Ottoman Empire's domination of Greece and the Balkans, from Sultan Mehmed II's attacks on Hungary and Italy to the attacks of the Barbary Pirates on American shipping.  This story, one that is rarely heard, is told with candor and civility.