1. The Plague of Justinian
Harper, Kyle. The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of Empire. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton UP, 2017: Ch. 7, Appendix B.
Rosen, William. Justinian’s Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe. New York City: Viking, 2007: Ch. 3-9, 12.
2. Edward Gibbon
a. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, corr. ed. Ed. David Wormersley. New York City: Penguin Books, 1994: Vol. II, Ch. 40-41, 43-46.
b. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, corr. ed. Ed. Wormersley. New York City: Penguin Books, 1994: Vol. III, Ch. 48, 53.
3. John Julius Norwich [John Julius Cooper]
a. Byzantium, Vol. I: The Early Centuries. 1988. Rpt. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989: Ch. 9-18.
b. Byzantium, Vol. II: The Apogee. 1991. Rpt. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
c. Byzantium, Vol. III: The Decline and Fall. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995: Ch. 1.
4. Other
Bramley, William. The Gods of Eden: A New Look at Human History, rev. ed. 1990. Rpt. New York City: Avon Books, 1990: Ch. 14.
Brown, Peter. The World of Late Antiquity: A.D. 150-750. 1971. Rpt. London: The Folio Society, 2014: Ch. 12-13.
Frantz, Alison, Homer A. Thompson, and John Travlos. The Athenian Agora: Late Antiquity: A.D. 267-700. Princeton, N.J.: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1988: Ch. 1-5.
The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843-1261. Ed. Helen C. Evans and William D. Wixom. New York City: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997.
Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith. How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower. New Haven, Conn.: Yale UP, 2009: Ch. 20.
Jones, A.H.M. The Later Roman Empire, 284-602: A Social Economic and Administrative Survey. Oxford, U.K.: Basil Blackwell, 1964: Vol. I, Ch. 9-10.
Lamb, Harold. Constantinople: Birth of an Empire. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957: Ch. 2-8.
Luttwak, Edward N. The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard UP, 2009.
Montefiore, Simon Sebag. Jerusalem: The Biography. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011: Ch. 16.
Patlagean, Evelyne. "Byzantium in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries." A History of Private Life, Vol. I: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium. Ed. Paul Veyne. Trans. Arthur Goldhammer. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard UP, 1987: Pt. 5.
Procopius of Caesarea. The Secret History. 1623. Trans. Anthony Kaldellis. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2010.
Runciman, Steven. A History of the Crusades, Vol. I: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge UP, 1951: Ch. 4-5.
Sypeck, Jeff. Becoming Charlemagne, Europe, Baghdad, and the Empires of A.D 800. New York City: Ecco, 2006: Ch. 2.
1. The Roman Catholic Church
Catholicism and Politics in Communist Societies. Ed. Pedro Ramet. Durham, N.C.: Duke UP, 1990: Ch. 5.
Collins, Paul. Birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century. New York City: Public Affairs, 2013: Ch. 2-3, 13, 15.
Fernández-Morera, Darío. The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews Under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain. Wilmington, Del.: ISI Books, 2016: Ch. 7.
Johnson, Paul et al. The Papacy. 1997. Rpt. New York City: Barnes & Noble Books, 2005: Ch. 3-4.
Norwich. Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy. 2011. Rpt. New York City: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2012: Ch. 3-10.
Posner, Gerald L. God’s Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2015: Ch. 2.
Seldes, George. The Vatican: Yesterday – Today –Tomorrow. New York City: Harper & Brothers, 1934: Ch. 4, 11.
Weigel, George. God’s Choice: Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church. New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005: Ch. 2, 4.
Woods, Thomas E. Jr. How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2005: Ch. 2-3, 6.
2. Laurence Gardner
Lost Secrets of the Sacred Ark: Amazing Revelations of the Incredible Power of Gold. 2003. Rpt. New York City: Barnes & Noble, 2005: Ch. 15.
Gardner, Laurence. The Grail Enigma: The Hidden Heirs of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. London: HarperElement, 2008: Ch. 19.
3. George Grant
a. The Dispossessed: Homelessness in America. Fort Worth, Texas: Dominion Press, 1986: Ch. 12.
b. Third Time Around: A History of the Pro-Life Movement From the First Century to the Present. Brentwood, Tenn.: Wohlgemuth & Hyatt, Publishers, 1991: Ch. 3.
4. Philip Jenkins
a. The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia – and How It Died. New York City: HarperOne, 2008: Ch. 8-9.
b. Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 Years. New York City: HarperOne, 2010: Ch. 8.
c. The Many Faces of Christ: The Thousand-Year Story of the Survival and Influence of the Lost Gospels. New York City: Basic Books, 2015: Ch. 3, 7-8.
5. Rousas John Rushdoony
a. The One and the Many: Studies in the Philosophy of Order and Ultimacy. 1971. Rpt. Vallecito, Calif.: Chalcedon/Ross House Books, 1997: Ch. 7.
b. Christianity and the State. Vallecito, Calif.: Ross House Books, 1986: Ch. 19.
c. Foundations of Social Order: A Study in the Creeds and Councils of the Early Church, rev. ed. Vallecito, Calif.: Ross House Books, 1998: Ch. 1-10, 15-16, 19-22.
d. d. Faith & Action: The Collected Articles of R.J. Rushdoony From the Chalcedon Report, 1965-2004, Vol. II: Government, Education & Society. Vallecito, Calif.: Chalcedon/Ross House Books, 2019: Ch. 234.
6. Other
Bundy, Edgar C. How the Communists Use Religion. 1966. Rpt. Wheaton, Ill.: Church League of America, 1969: Ch. 2.
P. Collins, Ch. 18.
Cox, Samuel S. Diversions of a Diplomat in Turkey. 1887. Rpt. New York City: Elibron Classics, 2005: Ch. 21.
Davis, R.H.C. A History of Medieval Europe: From Constantine to Saint Louis, 2nd rev. ed. 1988. Rpt. Harlow, U.K.: Pearson Longman, 2006: Pt. 1, Ch. 4; Pt. 2, Ch. 2.
Dawson, Christopher. The Crisis of Western Education. 1961. Rpt. Washington, D.C.: Catholic U of America P, 2010: Ch. 2.
Dimont, Max I. Jews, God and History, rev. ed. New York City: New American Library, 1994: Ch. 18.
Hancock, Graham, and Robert Bauval. The Master Game: Unmasking the Secret Rulers of the World, rev. ed. New York City: Disinformation Co., 2011: Ch. 3.
Holland, Tom. Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind. 2019. Rpt. London: Abacus, 2020: Ch. 7-9.
P. Johnson. A History of Christianity. New York City: Atheneum, 1976: Pt. 3.
Kirsch, Jonathan. A History of the End of the World: How the Most Controversial Book in the Bible Changed the Course of Western Civilization. New York City: HarperSanFrancisco, 2006: Ch. 5.
Moosa, Matti. The Maronites in History. 1986. Rpt. Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2005: Ch. 4-6, 8-10, 12-20.
O’Shea, Stephen. Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity in the Medieval Mediterranean World. New York City: Walker & Co., 2006: Ch. 5.
Rogers, Nicholas. Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night. New York City: Oxford UP, 2002: Ch. 2.
Runciman, Vol. I, Pt. 2-5.
Stark, Rodney. The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success. New York City: Random House, 2005: Ch. 2-3.
Wilson, Ian. The Shroud, 2nd rev. ed. London: Bantam Press, 2010: Ch. 10-13.
Wilson, Peter. Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard UP, 2016: Ch. 2.
Dimont, Ch. 16-17, 19, 22.
Diversity and Rabbinization: Jewish Texts and Societies Between 400 and 1000 CE. Ed. Gavin McDowell, Ron Naiweld, and Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra. Cambridge, U.K.: Open Book Publishers, 2021: Ch. 11, 14.
Entine, Jon. Abraham's Children: Race, DNA, and the Identity of the Chosen People. New York City: Grand Central Publishing, 2007: Ch. 8-9.
Fernández-Morera, Ch. 6.
Gaster, Moses. Jewish Folk-Lore in the Middle Ages. 1887. Rpt. Rutland, Vt.: Tarl Warwick Books, 2022.
Horowitz, Elliott. Reckless Rites: Purim and the Legacy of Jewish Violence. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton UP, 2006: Ch. 6.
P. Johnson. A History of the Jews. New York City: Harper & Row, 1987: Pt. 3.
Katz, Solomon. The Jews in the Visigothic and Frankish Kingdoms of Spain and Gaul. Cambridge, Mass.: The Mediaeval Academy of America, 1937.
Klinghoffer, David. Why the Jews Rejected Christ: The Turning Point in Western History. New York City: 2005: Ch. 6.
Marcus, Jacob Rader. The Rise and Destiny of the German Jew: With a Postmortem, rev. ed. New York City: Ktav Publishing House, 1973: Ch. 3, 16.
Sand, Shlomo. The Invention of the Jewish People, rev. ed. Trans. Yael Lotan. London: Verso, 2009: Ch. 4.
Sypeck, Ch. 5.
1. The Franks
R.H.C. Davis, Pt. 1, Ch. 6.
L. Gardner, The Grail Enigma, Ch. 18.
Sypeck, Ch. 1, 3.
2. The British Isles
a. Ford Madox Hueffer [Joseph Leopold Ford Madox Hueffer]
a. The Cinque Ports: A Historical and Descriptive Record. Edinburgh, U.K.: William Blackwood and Sons, 1900: Ch. 9.
b. The Spirit of the People: An Analysis of the English Mind. 1907. Rpt. London: Duckworth & Co., 1915: Ch. 2.
b. Others
Cam, Helen. England Before Elizabeth, rev. ed. New York City: Harper & Row Publishers, 1960: Ch. 2-4.
Deutsch, Nathaniel. Inventing America’s “Worst” Family: Eugenics, Islam, and the Fall and Rise of the Tribe of Ishmael. Berkeley, Calif.: U of California P, 2009: Ch. 7.
Fraser, George MacDonald. The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers. 1971. Rpt. New York City: Skyhorse Publishing, 2008: Ch. 2.
Friedman, David D., Peter Leeson, and David Skarbek. Legal Systems Very Different From Ours. Santa Clara, Calif.: David D. Friedman, 2019: Ch. 12.
L Gardner, The Grail Enigma, Ch. 12, 14, 17, 20-21.
Josephson, Dr. Emanuel M. The Strange Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt: A History of the Roosevelt-Delano Dynasty, America’s Royal Family, rev. ed. New York City: Chedney Press, 1959: Ch. 2-3.
Levy, “Yank” Bert. Guerrilla Warfare. Harmondsworth, U.K.: Penguin Books, 1941: Ch. 2.
Major, Albany F. Early Wars of Wessex, rev. ed. Ed. Charles W. Whistler. Poole, U.K.: Blandford Press, 1978.
Morgan, Giles. A Brief History of the Holy Grail. London: Robinson/Running Press, 2011: Ch. 2-4.
Morris, John. The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles From 350 to 650, Vol. I, Ch. 3-7; Vol. II-III. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1973.
Paglia, Camille. Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art From Egypt to Star Wars. New York City: Pantheon Books, 2012: Ch. 7.
Petro, Sylvester. "Feudalism, Property, and Praxeology." Property in a Humane Economy: A Selection of Essays Compiled by the Institute for Humane Studies. Ed. Samuel L. Blumenfeld. La Salle, Ill.: Open Court, 1974: Ch. 9.
Reagan, Ron. My Father at 100. New York City: Viking, 2011: Ch. 1.
Roosevelt, Theodore. The Wining of the West, Vol. I: From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776. New York City: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1889: Ch. 1.
Tosches, Nick. The Devil and Sonny Liston. 2000. Rpt. Boston: Back Bay Books, 2001.
Vandercoy, David E. "The History of the Second Amendment." Valparaiso University Law Review Spring 1994: 1007-1039.
3. The Steppes
Katusa, Marin. The Colder War: How the Global Energy Trade Slipped From America’s Grasp. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley/Casey Research, 2014: Ch. 5.
Keller, Werner. East Minus West = Zero: Russia's Debt to the Western World, 862-1962. 1960. Trans. Constantine Fitzgibbon and Sybil Welch. 1961. Rpt. New York City: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962: Ch. 1.
Koestler, Arthur. The Thirteenth Tribe: The Khazar Empire and Its Heritage. 1976. Rpt. Clackamas, Ore.: Emissary Publications, 1996.
Manning, Clarence A. The Story of the Ukraine. New York City: Philosophical Library, 1947: Ch. 2-3.
Nourzhanov, Kirill, and Christian Bleuer. Tajikistan: A Political and Social History. Canberra, A.C.T.: Australian National University E Press, 2013: Ch. 2.
Rihani, Ameen. The Descent of Bolshevism. 1920. Rpt. Charleston, S.C.: Bibliolife, 2009: Ch. 1.
4. Beowulf
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney. New York City: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000.
Gardner, John. Grendel. 1971. Rpt. London: Gollancz, 2004.
Tucker, Jeffrey. Bourbon for Breakfast: Living Outside the Statist Quo. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2010: Ch. 65.
5. The Vikings
a. Iceland
i. D.D. Friedman et al.
(1) The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism, rev. ed. La Salle, Ill.: Open Court Publishing Co., 1989: Ch. 44.
(2) Legal Systems Very Different From Ours. Santa Clara, Calif.: David D. Friedman, 2019: Ch. 10.
ii. Other
Weiner, Mark S. The Rule of the Clan: What an Ancient Form of Social Organization Reveals About the Future of Individual Freedom. New York City: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013: Ch. 5.
b. Other
Kirchner, Paul. The Deadliest Men: The World's Deadliest Combatants Through the Ages. Boulder, Colo.: Paladin Press, 2001: Ch. 38.
Leacock, Stephen. The Dawn of Canadian History: A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada and the Coming of the White Man. 1914. Rpt. Breinigsville, Pa.: Nabu Press, 2011: Ch. 4.
6. The Gypsies
Maas, Peter. King of the Gypsies. 1975. Rpt. New York City: Bantam Books, 1976: Pt. 2.
1. Source Material
Ibn Abd Allah, Muhammad et al. The Qur’an, 21st rev. ed. Ed. Uthman ibn Affan. c. 650. Trans. Tarif Khalidi. London: Penguin Books, 2008.
2. Jerusalem
Bahat, Dan, and Shalom Sabar. Jerusalem, Stone and Spirit: 3000 Years of History and Art. 1997. Rpt. New York City: Rizzoli, 1998: Ch. 8.
Cline, Eric H. Jerusalem Besieged: From Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel. Ann Arbor, Mich.: U of Michigan P, 2004: Ch. 5.
Montefiore, Ch. 17-20.
3. Persia
Heikal, Mohamed. Iran: The Untold Story: An Insider's Account of America's Iranian Adventure and Its Consequences for the Future, rev. ed. New York City: Pantheon Books, 1982: Ch. 6.
Margolis, Eric S. American Raj: Liberation or Domination? Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2008: Ch. 11.
4. Iberia
Ameer Ali, Syed. A Short History of the Saracens: Being a Concise Account of the Rise and Decline of the Saracenic Power, and of the Economic, Social and Intellectual Development of the Arab Nation, From the Earliest Times to the Destruction of Bagdad, and the Expulsion of the Moors From Spain, 2nd corr. ed. 1921. Rpt. Boston: Elibron Classics, 2004: Ch. 26-31.
Fernández-Morera, Ch. 1-5.
Fuentes, Carlos. The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992: Ch. 3.
Grice-Hutchinson, Marjorie. Early Economic Thought in Spain, 1177-1740. 1978. Rpt. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2015: Ch. 1.
Meakin, Budgett. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond. 1905. Rpt. New York City: Wallachia Publishers, 2015: Ch. 35.
5. Central Asia
Lieven, Anatol. Pakistan: A Hard Country. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2011: Ch. 8.
Tomsen, Peter. The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2011: Ch. 3.
6. The Assassins
Lewis, Bernard. The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam, rev ed. New York City: Basic Books, 2003: Ch. 2-3, 5-6.
Livingstone, David. Terrorism and the Illuminati: A Three Thousand Year History. Charleston, S.C.: BookSurge, 2007: Ch. 8.
Reynolds, John Lawrence. Secret Societies: Inside the Freemasons, the Yakuza, Skull and Bones, and the World’s Most Notorious Secret Organizations. 2006. Rpt. New York City: Skyhorse Publishing, 2011: Ch. 1.
7. Music
Cuney-Hare, Maud. Negro Musicians and Their Music, rev. ed. Washington, D.C.: The Associated Publishers, 1943: Ch. 13.
Gioia, Ted. Music: A Subversive History. New York City: Basic Books, 2019: Ch. 11.
8. Psychoactive Substances
Grinspoon, Dr. Lester, and James B. Bakalar. Marihuana Reconsidered, 2nd rev. ed. Oakland, Calif.: Quick American Archives, 1994: Ch. 11.
Wondrich, David. Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to “Professor” Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar, rev. ed. New York City: Perigee, 2015: Ch. 6.
9. Jason Burke
a. Al-Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror. London: I.B. Tauris, 2003: Ch. 2.
b. The New Threat: The Past, Present, and Future of Islamic Militancy. New York City: The New Press, 2015: Ch. 2, 4.
10. Albert Hourani
a. Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, 1798-1939, 2nd rev. ed. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge UP, 1983: Ch. 1.
b. A History of the Arab Peoples. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard UP, 1991: Pt. 1.
11. Stanley L. Jaki
a. Science and Creation: From Eternal Cycles to an Oscillating Universe, 2nd rev. ed. New Hope, Ky.: Real View Books, 2016: Ch. 9.
b. God and the Cosmologists, rev. ed. Edinburgh, U.K.: Scottish Academic Press, 1998: Ch. 8.
12. Bernard Lewis
a. The Political Language of Islam. Chicago: of Chicago P, 1988.
b. Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East. New York City: Oxford UP, 2010: Ch. 1-3, 10, 12.
13. David Livingstone
a. The Dying God: The Hidden History of Western Civilization. Lincoln, Neb.: Writers Club Press, 2000: Ch. 13.
b. Black Terror, White Soldiers: Islam, Fascism and the New Age. Scotts Valley, Calif.: Sabilillah Publicatons, 2013: Ch. 1, 3.
14. "Ibn Warraq"
a. Why I Am Not a Muslim. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1995: Ch. 2-16.
b. The Islam in Islamic Terrorism: The Importance of Beliefs, Ideas, and Ideology. Nashville, Tenn.: New English Review Press, 2017: Ch. 5-11, 24.
15. Other
Al-Rawandi, Ibn. Islamic Mysticism: A Secular Perspective. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2000.
Ameer Ali, Ch. 2-19, 32.
Armstrong, Karen. Islam: A Short History, rev. ed. New York City: The Modern Library, 2002: Ch. 1-3.
Baer, Robert. The Devil We Know: Dealing With the New Iranian Superpower. New York City: Crown Publishers, 2008: Ch. 11.
Beckwith, Carol et al. African Ark: The Peoples and Ancient Cultures of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. New York City: Harry N. Abrams, 1990: Ch. 4.
Bloom, Howard. The Muhammad Code: How a Desert People Brought You ISIS, al Qaeda, and Boko Haram. Port Townsend, Wash.: Feral House, 2016.
Boykin, Lt. Gen. William G. “Gerry” (ret.) et al. Sharia: The Threat to America: An Exercise in Competitive Analysis – Report of Team B II. Washington, D.C.: The Center for Security Press, 2010: Ch. 1-3.
Bramley, Ch. 15.
Brown, Ch. 15-16.
Burr, J. Millard, and Robert O. Collins. Alms for Jihad: Charity And Terrorism In The Islamic World. New York City: Cambridge UP, 2006: Ch. 1.
Caldwell, Christopher. Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West. 2009. Rpt. New York City: Anchor Books, 2010: Ch. 5.
P. Collins, Ch. 8.
Cook, David. Understanding Jihad. Berkeley, Calif.: U of California P, 2005: Ch. 1-3.
Coughlin, Stephen. Catastrophic Failure: Blindfolding America in the Face of Jihad. Washington, D.C.: Center for Security Policy Press, 2015: Pt. 1-2.
Davis, John H. Mafia Kingfish: Carlos Marcello and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy. New York City: McGraw-Hill, 1989: Ch. 2.
R.H.C. Davis, Pt. 1, Ch. 5.
Demaris, Ovid [Ovide E. Desmarais]. Brothers in Blood: The International Terrorist Network. New York City: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977: Pt. 2.
Dimont, Ch. 15.
Esposito, John L. Islam: The Straight Path, 4th rev. ed. New York City: Oxford UP, 2011: Ch. 1-3.
Fregosi, Paul. Jihad in the West: Muslim Conquests From the 7th to the 21st Centuries. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1998: Ch. 1-23.
D.D. Friedman, Peter Leeson, and David Skarbek, Legal Systems Very Different From Ours, Ch. 5.
Fuller, Graham E. A World Without Islam. New York City: Little, Brown and Co., 2010: Ch. 1, 4-5, 10-11.
Gibbon, Vol. III, Ch. 50-52, 57.
Hiro, Dilip. Cold War in the Islamic World: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Struggle for Supremacy. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford UP, 2018: Ch. 1.
Jenkins, Jesus Wars, Ch. 4.
Judis, John B. Genesis: Truman, American Jews, and the Origins of the Arab/Israeli Conflict. New York City: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014: Ch. 2.
Kuran, Timur. Islam and Mammon: The Economic Predicaments of Islamism. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton UP, 2004: Ch. 1.
Lamb, David. The Arabs: Journeys Beyond the Mirage, rev. ed. New York City: Vintage Books, 2002: Ch. 1, 3, 5-6.
Lavergne, Gary M. Worse Than Death: The Dallas Nightclub Murders and the Texas Multiple Murder Law. Denton, Texas: U of North Texas P, 2003: Ch. 2.
Lindholm, Charles. The Islamic Middle East: Tradition and Change, rev. ed. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2002.
Mackey, Sandra. The Saudis: Inside the Desert Kingdom, rev. ed. New York City: W.W. Norton & Co., 2002: Ch. 4.
Maalouf, Amin. The Crusades Through Arab Eyes. 1984. Rpt. London: Folio Books, 2012: Pt. 1.
Margolis. War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Tibet., rev. ed. New York City: Routledge, 2002: Ch. 16.
Martin, Mike. An Intimate War: An Oral History of the Helmand Conflict, 1978-2012. New York City: Oxford UP, 2014: Ch. 1.
Matthiesen, Toby. The Other Saudis: Shiism, Dissent and Sectarianism. New York City: Cambridge UP, 2015: Ch. 1.
Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Islam: Religion, History, and Civilization. New York City: HarperSanFrancisco, 2003.
Norwich. The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean. 2007. Rpt. London: The Folio Society, 2010: Ch. 1.
O’Shea, Ch. 1-4.
Patai, Raphael. The Arab Mind, 2nd rev. ed. New York City: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1983: Ch. 1-11, 13-14.
Peters, Joan. From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict Over Palestine. 1984. Rpt. Chicago: JKAP, 2002: Ch. 3.
Pryce-Jones, David. The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs, 2nd rev. ed. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2009: Ch. 1-2, 5, 8, 10.
Reilly, Robert R. The Closing of the Muslim Mind: How Intellectual Suicide Created the Modern Islamist Crisis. Wilmington, Del.: ISI Books, 2010.
Rihani, Ch. 2-3.
Runciman, Vol. I, Pt. 1, Ch. 1-2.
Rushby, Kevin. Paradise: A History of the Idea That Rules the World. 2006. Rpt. New York City: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2007: Ch. 3-4.
Scruton, Roger. The West and the Rest: Globalization and the Terrorist Threat. Wilmington, Del.: ISI Books, 2002: Ch. 3.
Shinn, Charles Howard. Mining Camps: A Study in American Frontier Government. 1885. Rpt. Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1970: Ch. 8.
Spencer, Robert. Onward Muslim Soldiers: How Jihad Still Threatens America and the West. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 2003: Ch. 3-6.
Stoddard, Lothrop. The New World of Islam. New York City: Charles Scribner's
Sons, 1921: Ch. 6.
Sykes, Mark. The Caliphs' Last Heritage: A Short History of the Turkish Empire. 1915. Rpt. New York City: Arno Press, 1973: Pt. 1, Ch. 7-22.
Sypeck, Ch. 4.
Trifkovic, Serge. The Sword of the Prophet: Islam: History, Theology, Impact on the World. Boston: Regina Orthodox Press, 2002: Ch. 1-4.
Turchin, Peter. War and Peace and War: The Life Cycles of Imperial Nations. New York City: Pi Press, 2006: Ch. 4.
Viorst, Milton. In the Shadow of the Prophet: The Struggle for the Soul of Islam. 1998. Rpt.: Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 2001: Ch. 3, 5-7, 10.
Webster, Nesta H. Secret Societies and Subversive Movements. 1924. Rpt. Whitefish, Mont.: Kessinger Publishing, 2003: Ch. 2.
Weiner, Ch. 10.
Westermarck, Edward. Pagan Survivals in Mohammedan Civilization: Jinn, the Evil Eye, the Curse and the Sensitivity of Holiness. 1933. Rpt. London: Trubner, 2003: Ch. 6.
Andressohn, John C. The Ancestry and Life of Godfrey of Bouillon. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Publications, 1947: Ch. 1-2.
P. Collins, Ch. 5-6, 12, 17.
R.H.C. Davis, Pt. 1, Ch. 7.
Fletcher, Nichola. Charlemagne's Tablecloth: A Piquant History of Feasting. 2004. Rpt. New York City: St. Martin's Press, 2005: Ch. 1, 29.
Heer, Friedrich. The Holy Roman Empire. 1967. Trans. Janet Sondheimer. New York City: Praeger, 1968: Ch. 2-3.
The High Middle Ages in Germany. Ed. Rolf Toman. Cologne, Germany: Benedikt Taschen, 1990.
Kramer, Rutger. Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire: Ideals and Expectations During the Reign of Louis the Pious (813-828). Amsterdam: Amsterdam UP, 2019.
Ravenscroft, Trevor. The Spear of Destiny: The Occult Power Behind the Spear Which Pierced the Side of Christ. 1973. Rpt. York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, 1982: Ch. 15.
Rothbard, Murray. An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Vol. I: Economic Thought Before Adam Smith. 1995. Rpt. Auburn, Ala.: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2006: Pt. 2, Ch. 3.
Sypeck, Ch. 6-10.
Thompson, James Westfall. The Dissolution of the Carolingian Fisc in the Ninth Century. 1935. Rpt. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus Reprint Co., 1974.
P. Wilson, Ch. 4-7, 10-12.
Wormser, René A. The Myth of the Good and Bad Nations. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1954: Ch. 2.
1. China
Chiang, Monlin. Tides From the West: A Chinese Autobiography. 1947. Rpt. Taipei, R.O.C.: China Academy, 1974: Ch. 1, 22.
England, Vaudine. Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong. New York City: Scribner, 2023: Ch. 1.
Johnson, David G. The Medieval Chinese Oligarchy. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1977.
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