The Might of the West

The Might of the West by Lawrence Brown. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780896740068.

"A new interpretation of Western history--its development in medieval times and its decline today." "The author shows that [the] influence, particularly that of Christianity, was mostly a distration from the ultimate course of Western thought. In particular, the Renaissance and the Reformation were a retreat from the Wests foremost acheivement, its science." "This book, whose every page challenges widely held views on many subjects, is for the vast audience who have read Spengler, Toynbee, Wells, and lecky."