Noel Malcolm's path-breaking book Useful Enemies: Islam and The Ottoman Empire in Western Political thought, 1450-1750 illuminates the long-term development of Western ideas about the Ottomans, and about Islam.
Noel Malcolm's path-breaking book Useful Enemies: Islam and The Ottoman Empire in Western Political thought, 1450-1750 illuminates the long-term development of Western ideas about the Ottomans, and about Islam.