In a discussion with Interim Taubman Director, Professor Richard Arenberg, he will explore the themes of a number of his books including The Conviction of Richard Nixon: The Untold Story of the Frost/Nixon Interviews, Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade, Our Father Who Art in Hell: The Life and Death of Jim Jones and The Impeachment Diary: Eyewitness to the Removal of a President and their relevance for understanding America and our nation’s politics. Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade : Reston Jr., James: : Books. Published in 2001, Warriors of God is the rich and engaging account of the Third Crusade (1187-1192 A.D.), a conflict that would shape world history for.

He has said, 'I wanted to try to really understand one character, even if imagined, who could get recruited and undertake this horrific action through Islamic religious ideology… changed American history, and the clash of civilizations of Islam and Christianity was on nobody’s minds until then.' The author has chosen to use fiction as a way of exploring and understanding radical Islam. He will discuss his most recent book, a novel, The Nineteenth Hijacker. Army Intelligence and taught creative writing at UNC for ten years.

He graduated in philosophy from the University of North Carolina in 1963, served three years in U.S. Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. He is the author of 18 books ranging from politics to medieval history to science to baseball (his 1997 book examining the lives of Pete Rose and Bart Giamatti, the Commissioner of Baseball faced with the Rose gambling scandal, called ' Collision at Home Plate.') He has also written three works of fiction. Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade is written by James Reston, Jr. James Reston, is a prolific author and one of America’s leading men of letters. Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade James Reston, Jr.

Warriors of God by James Reston Jr.