DOC God's Battalions: The Case for the Crusades by Rodney Stark in History

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Variably genial; cautionary; lyrical; admonitory; terrifying; horrifying and inspiring…A lifetime of thought; travel; reading; imagination and memory inform this affecting account. —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Blending history and anecdote; geography and reminiscence; science and exposition; New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester tells the breathtaking saga of the Atlantic Ocean. A gifted storyteller and consummate historian; Winchester sets the great blue sea's epic narrative against the backdrop of mankind's intellectual evolution; telling not only the story of an ocean; but the story of civilization. Fans of Winchester's Krakatoa; The Man Who Loved China; and The Professor and the Madman will love this masterful; penetrating; and resonant tale of humanity finding its way across the ocean of history.