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قصة هذا الكتاب هو قصة العلاقة بين العالم الإسلامي الممثل في دول شمال أفريقيا التي يُسمّيها الكتاب هنا " البربر" وبين الدولة الجديدة الناشئة الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية، حيث يبدأ الكتاب من السنوات التي تلت الثورة الأمريكية قبل إرساء الدستور، قبل أن تكون لهذه الدولة حكومة أو جيش أو بحرية، وينتهي عند معركة الولايات المتحدة البحرية مع طرابلس الغرب، لكن من أهم ما رصده الكتاب هو كيفية تشكّل صورة الآخر المسلم في الوعي الأمريكي من خلال ما كتبه الروائيون الغرييون وكتاب المسرحيات من صور مشوهة عن الإسلام وع...
This and Sylviane Diouf's "Servants of Allah" complement each other well. Diouf discusses West African Muslims in the Americas; Allison studies how Americans perceived North African and other Muslims in the early years of the United States. I liked Allison's exposure of Islamic stereotypes in European philosophy and literature, as well as his portrayal of Federalist-vs.-Republican debates over a proper response to the Barbary pirates. Debates over preemptive action vs. diplomacy are not new in A...
Some interesting facts about America during the Barbary Wars, but overall there is too much analysis of literature and few other primary sources. Many of the chapters don't flow together into a coherent whole.
The book is collection of articles on theme of American dealing with Barbary States. Some of the chapters are more intense than others. I enjoyed the first, second, and the fourth the most.
This text, with supplementary material, allows the reader to understand the early misunderstandings between the U.S and the Barbary nations beginning not long after the establishment of the U.S's independence. The concepts of trade, early foreign sovereignty, slavery, and negotiation between the barbary nations, give the reader a better understanding of how perceptions about the east formed. Chapter 4 and 5 are especially great in pointing out the hypocrisy of early U.S. declarations that "all m...
This was interesting, but a dry read.
