The Ottoman endgame : war, revolution, and the making of the modern Middle East, 1908-1923 /
Between 1911 and 1923, a series of wars, chief among them World War I, would engulf the Ottoman Empire and its successor states. It is a story we think we know well, but, as Sean McMeekin shows us in this revelatory new history, we know far less than we think. Drawing from his years of ground-breaki...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Penguin Press,
2015.
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| Summary: | Between 1911 and 1923, a series of wars, chief among them World War I, would engulf the Ottoman Empire and its successor states. It is a story we think we know well, but, as Sean McMeekin shows us in this revelatory new history, we know far less than we think. Drawing from his years of ground-breaking research in newly opened Ottoman and Russian archives, 'The Ottoman Endgame' brings to light the entire strategic narrative that led to an unstable new order in postwar Middle East, much of which is still felt today. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 550 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [501]-535) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781594205323 1594205329 |