Lindsay gives an excellent overview of the medieval Islamic world. Intended for an audience with little or no background on this topic; the book offers a thorough introduction to the beginnings of Islam; its history up to the year 1300; and material on a wide range of other topics; e.g.; warfare; social practices; entertainment; and geography. . . . Numerous maps; photographs; and illustrations are spread throughout the text. . . . This book will be very valuable to history students and anyone interested in learning about the faith and practices of Muslims. Highly recommended. --Choice
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. “Jordan’s legacy will forever be tainted by the marketing connection that marks the chasm between him and the truly great athletBy marcos guimarãesThere are only two kinds of men; those who compromise and those who take a stand.There are only two kind of reader; those who read this book and know this incredible character and those who have not read and think he was just an athlete.Oh boy; the author compares the Ali behavior with Jordan was almost as if he had taken a shock:“Jordan’s legacy will forever be tainted by the marketing connection that marks the chasm between him and the truly great athlete like Muhammad Ali. How can a man who most certainly does not need the money go on pushing Nike after he learns about their sweatshops in Southeast Asia? Ali understood the political dimension: he refuse to go to Vietnam because he understood the irony of exploited young blacks; Hispanics; and poor white males being sent halfway around the world to fight poor Asian boys involved in a war of national liberation that had nothing to do with U.S. or its national interests. A decade after the end of the Vietnam War; Jordan willingly become a worldwide spokesman for a U.S corporation that exploited the children of the boys Ali refused to fight. In the global context; that is far more significant that anything he achieved in the basketball court… Remember; a generation grew up wanting to ‘Be like Make’. Maybe that’s why their aspirations today don’t extend beyond the next video game; or the next new pair of Nikes. Once you get past the highlight film; it’s not much of legacy.â€By the way; I change my jordan poster for Ali!!!!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight book and dvdBy J. BarnesI first saw the movie on cable tv which inspired me to purchase both the book and dvd. Both arrived safe and sound and ahead of expectation as is usual from .I am old enough to have been a teenager when the events in this story unfolded. I remembered the details only vaguely so both the book and the story have provided me with the forgotten detail.Muhammad Ali's story reflects a pivotal point in the rights of individuals and their relationship to government in the 20th century.I will share this story with my students to show them that some battles in life; come at great personal cost; but at the end of the day one has to stand up for what one believes in irrespective of the wider public opinion.I have ranked this as five stars because it is an inspirational story; well told and suitably referenced.John BarnesBangkok Thailand0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Little More Than A Term PaperBy BaXMuhammad Ali's Greatest Fight: Cassius Clay vs. the United States is little more than a freshman term paper masquerading as a book. It is filled with snippets from other authors' works about Mr. Ali's career and life. Bingham and Wallace merely comment on those snippets to tell their story--much the same as liberal and conservative commentators do on cable TV and radio. And though Mr. Ali's story is very compelling; the authors do it an injustice by cutting and pasting other's work to tell it. Mr. Ali is an original. Bingham and Wallace should have approached their story in the same vein.
