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"The Siege of Malta" by Ernle Bradford

Added to "to read" list.

I'll also recommend
"Islam Unveiled"
by Robert Spenser (or Spencer)

I heard the author interviewed on The Michael Medved Show; sounds like a well-documented,
politically-incorrect (=honest) book about the greater aims and actions of Islam.

[MattinNJ]

Thanks. I'll add it to my list

Oh, I made a slight mistake-the actual title is "Great Siege:Malta 1565."

I was reading about the Barbary Pirates last night. These sick twisted bastards were so bad that Jefferson, a true pacifist, sent a fleet to open a can of whip ass on them.