The defeat and victory of a nation is a common factor in the annals of history. Whenever the historians of a nation narrate victories, there is pride over the success that is attributed to courage, boldness, confidence and unity, and the display of a skilled war strategy in the battlefield. www.newageislam.com/islamic-history/mubarak-ali/both-the-stunning-victory-of-arabs-in-al-andalus-(spain)-and-their-miserable-defeat-are-part-of-history/d/117640