"If your thesis doesn't hold up to obvious criticisms, there's a chance that your thesis sucks." Thanks to Paul Musgrave and Alex Cruikshanks for helping us fact-check this episode! <a href='https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod'>Support us on Patreon</a>: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod'>https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod</a> Where to find us: <ul><li><a href='https://twitter.com/IfBooksPod'>Twitter</a></li><li><a href='https://www.fivefourpod.com/'>Peter's other podcast, 5-4</a></li><li><a href='https://www.maintenancephase.com/'>Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase</a></li></ul>Links!<ul><li><a href='https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/1993-06-01/clash-civilizations'>Huntington’s 1993 article</a></li><li><a href='https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace'>Statistics on deaths in state-based conflicts</a> </li><li><a href='https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7312/qure12666-005/html?lang=en'>The Clash of Civilizations: An Islamicist’s Critique</a></li><li><a href='https://networks.h-net.org/node/28443/discussions/5273269/h-diploissf-teaching-roundtable-11-6-clash-civilizations-ir'>Paul Musgrave’s Roundtable on  Clash of Civilizations </a> </li><li><a href='https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/28/the-hispanic-challenge/'>“The Hispanic Challenge”</a> </li><li><a href='https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/arab-street-public-opinion-arab-world'>The “Arab Street”? Public Opinion In The Arab World </a></li><li><a href='https://web.archive.org/web/20160221233613/http:/www.thenation.com/article/clash-ignorance/'>The Clash of Ignorance</a> </li><li><a href='http://www.jstor.org/stable/3181955'>Can Civilizations Clash?</a> </li></ul>

If Books Could Kill

The Clash of Civilizations

The airport bestsellers that captured our hearts and ruined our minds