Were the Crusades Defensive?

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=SOURCE MATERIAL=

Jonathan Phillips - Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades (2010)

Thomas Asbridge - The First Crusade: A New History (2005)

Thomas Asbridge - The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land (2011)

Thomas F. Madden - The Concise History of the Crusades (2013)

Susanna A. Throop - Crusading as an Act of Vengeance, 1095–1216 (2016)

Toby E. Huff - The Rise of Early Modern Science: Islam, China, and the West (2017)

Jonathan Riley-Smith - Crusading as an Act of Love (1980)

The Kill Team: How U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan Murdered Innocent Civilians: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics...

BadHistory Thread on Bill Warners Lecture:   / review_why_we_are_afraid_a_1400_year_secre...  

AskHistorians Thread on Bill Warners Map 1:   / given_the_recent_uptick_in_jihad_versus_cr...  

AskHistorians Thread on Bill Warners Map 2:   / how_accurate_is_this_image_about_the_crusa...  



Emran Quresh - The New Crusades - Constructing the Muslim Enemy (2003)

Kansas Trio Convicted in Plot to Bomb Somali Immigrants:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/us...

Trump Vetoes Measure to Force End to U.S. Involvement in Yemen War: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/us...

= Material from other creators=

Steven Crowders Video:    • DEBUNKED: "The Crusades" Myths  

Steven Crowders Article/Sourcelist: https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/deb...

Bill Warner PhD: Jihad vs. Crusades:    • Bill Warner, PhD:  Jihad vs Crusades  

Bill Warners Battle list: http://cspipublishing.com/statistical...