Infidels: A History of the Conflict Between Christendom and Islam

By Andrew Wheatcroft

Andrew Wheatcroft identifies and traces a fault line between Islam and Christendom, from the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 to the modern age.

He claims that we cannot come to terms with our current maelstrom unless we face this troubled past, and explains how stereotypes, religion, politics and technology have all contributed to the confusion and mistrust that now rule. Only reason, he argues, can help us to see things as they really are, and solve the problems that still plague us.

In an era when relationships between Islam and Christendom, the West and the East, have become strained, Infidels seeks to discover how and why these divisions have arisen and developed.