Challenges of the subject and the sources
Historiographical hurdles
Fragmented geographical and logistical realities
Christian contexts in seventh-century North Africa
The military heritage of Heraclius on the eve of Muslim military operations
The shock of Sbeitla
Options for offensives and resistance
The riddle of Constans II
Muslim interests, calculations, and leadership
The shift to tribal resistance, 669-95
The fall of Carthage and its aftermath, 695-711
The failures of two cities of Constantine.
Muslim expansion and Byzantine collapse in North Africa by Walter Emil Kaegi. ISBN 9780521196772. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.