Download or read book European Perceptions of Islam and America from Saladin to George W. Bush written by P. O'Brien and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-12-22 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers European perceptions of their rivals throughout history from the Islamic civilization between the first Crusade in 1095 and the final Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683 to the United States of America from independence in 1776 until the present and investigates Europe's capacity to lead the world.