Arabs in history

Bernard Lewis is Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies, and Long-Term Member of the Institute for Advance Study, Princeton University.
He was educated in the University of London, primarily but not entirely at the School of Oriental and African Studies, where He took both his B.A. (Honors in History) and his Ph.D. His B.A. degree was in History with special reference to the Near and Middle East; his Ph.D. in the History of Islam. His earliest interest was in medieval Islamic History, especially that of religious movements such as the Ismailis and Assassins. The war years awakened and nourished an interest in the contemporary Middle East, which he had retained ever since. His major research interest for some time past has been the history of the Ottoman Empire. At the present time he is trying to combine all three by studying the history of the relations between Europe and Islam from early through Ottoman to modern times.
He has published numerous books on the...