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...attacks September 2001. Huntington claimed that Islam started the conflict between East and West and maintained that, with the end of the Cold War, Islam will again threaten the Christian West, continuing its 1,400-year struggle. In Worlds at War, Anthony Pagden presents a detailed study of 1,000 years of conflict between the East and the West that began before the dawn of Islam, analyzing a body of evidence that should be used to challenge Huntington. Unfortunately, however, Pagden surrenders to him.
In the early chapters, Pagden discusses the Greek defeat of the Persians, as well as two Persian invasions and also the Greek response by Alexander the Great, who succeeded in conquering the Persian Empire and occupying its territories. He then moves on to the rise of the Roman republic and its struggle with Carthage. Over time, this conflict developed to include the rest of Europe and North Africa, as the Romans expanded their dominion over the entire Mediterranean world. Pagden makes the case that the West won, and the East lost, because of the form of government of each side.
In chapter five, Pagden explains in detail the rise of Islam and how the Muslim armies swept through North Africa and invaded Spain in 711. He then presents a wonderful picture of medieval Spain, where Muslims, Christians and Jews lived together under Muslim rule. In discussing the eventual victory of Christian forces after 700 years, he describes the...
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