God's Battalions: The Case for the Crusades
In <em>God’s Battalions</em>, distinguished scholar Rodney Stark puts forth a controversial argument that the Crusades were a justified war waged against Muslim terror and aggression. Stark, the author of <em>The Rise of Christianity,</em> reviews the history of the seven major crusades from 1095-1291 in this fascinating work of religious revisionist history.