Books by Bernard Lewis

Islam (2009)
Presents an introduction to the Islamic religion, discussing its origins and history, rituals, langu...

The Middle East (1997)
In a sweeping and vivid survey, renowned historian Bernard Lewis charts the history of the Middle Ea...

What Went Wrong?:Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response (2002)
For many centuries, the world of Islam was in the forefront of human achievement--the foremost milit...

What Went Wrong? (2003)
For centuries, the world of Islam was in the forefront of human achievement -- the foremost military...

The Assassins (1968)
An account of history's first terrorists documents their establishment in Iran and Syria in the elev...

The Crisis of Islam (2004)
Traces the history of conflict between Islam and the West, exploring the meaning of the Islamic doct...