God's Battalions : The Case for the Crusades

from lanes_3

I'm not sure he made a case for the crusades, but I'm also not familiar with the argument he's trying to counteract. In the introduction he claims that it has become commonplace for Western historians to be critical of the Crusades as an unprovoked, military action against a peaceful and more cul...

from deferredreward

If you're looking for some good history on the crusades, without all the hate towards Europe, the West, or Christianity, this is a great place to start. Stark lays out the case that the crusades were in many ways a war not unlike so many others, but with a different motivation than many. He argue...

from Chris_El

I really liked this is part because it reminded me of other books and people from this time in history I've read about in the past. So many interesting people so largely forgotten. A brief history of the crusades. The book appears to be very well cited and even if you disagree with the author's c...

from Loptsson

I thought that the book was well done for what it was. This never was to be an extremely indepth historical text but rather a "case for the crusades". Over the years I have heard many who claim (in conversation) that we are to blame for the muslims hating us because of the crusades but I have alw...

from tuckerresearch

This is a good book that fails to be a great book. Stark sets out to explain why many common historical ideas about the Crusades are historically wrong. The Muslims were smarter and better than the Crusaders, the Crusaders were more blood-thirsty than the Muslims, the Muslims treated Jews and Chr...