10 best books of August: the Monitor's picks

Here are 10 August releases that the Monitor's book critics found particularly good.

5. "Infidel Kings and Unholy Warriors," by Brian Catlos

Brian Catlos, research associate at the University of California, Santa Cruz, reframes the age of crusades as a series of internal power struggles rather than a clash between Muslim and Christian civilizations. Catlos presents a sweeping history of this tumultuous period in the Mediterranean.

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