The Rage of Islam is a chilling account of the massacres that befell the Christians of Persia in 1915. The author addresses a number of issues, including the presence of the Russians in Persia, the overrunning of Persian territory by the Turks, and the ineffectiveness of the Persian government in preventing the slaughter of its peaceful and law-abiding Christian subjects. The author then questions the reason behind the silence of the Christian west in protecting the Christian east. The book provides a good description of the massacres of 1915 from the point of view of a native Assyrian.