The World of Islam : Faith, People, Culture
Bernard Lewis
Bernard Lewis is a British-American historian, public intellectual, and political commentator. Lewis' expertise is in the history of Islam and the interaction between Islam and the West. He is also noted in academic circles for his works on the history of the Ottoman Empire.n 1990, the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Lewis for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities.