Download or read book From Babel to Dragomans written by Bernard Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, the respected scholar Bernard Lewis has brought together his reflections on Middle Eastern history & foreign affairs written over six decades. The collection ranges from English originals of articles published before only in foreign languages, to previously unpublished writings to his highly regarded essays from publications such as Foreign AffairsÓ & The New York Review of Books.Ó With more than 50 pieces in all, prefaced by a new, personal memoir by Lewis, this volume contains a wealth of profound reflections on Middle Eastern history, culture, politics, & current events.Ó Remarkable succinct . . . A concise study of the Muslim world's responses to the West & of its own long, sad decline.Ó The worlds' foremost Islamic scholar.Ó