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Reviewed on June 1, 2007
In 1798, Napol�on Bonaparte sailed for Egypt with an army of 25,000, aiming to establish French power in the eastern Mediterranean (thus impeding British access to India) and to communicate Enlightenment ideals to the Muslim world. Cole (history, Univ. of Michigan;Sacred Space and Holy War ) traces Bonaparte's effort to remake Egypt from the initial landings in July 1798 to the aftermath of a major anti-French uprising in December. The substance of the book is the encounter between cultures. Using excerpts from primary sources auth...Log In or Sign Up to Read More