The war that made the Middle East World War I and the end of the Ottoman Empire Aksakal, Mustafa 1973- creator author. text bibliography nju 2026 monographic eng print xi, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm A new history that tells the story of how European imperial ambitions destroyed the Ottoman Empire during the Great War and created a divided and unstable Middle East. Mustafa Aksakal. "The War That Made the Middle East shows that, until 1914, the Ottoman Empire was a viable multiethnic, multireligious state, and that relations between the Arabs, Jews, Muslims, and Christians of Palestine were relatively stable. When war broke out, the Ottoman government sought an alliance with the Entente but was rejected because of British and French designs on the Eastern Mediterranean. After the Ottomans entered the fight on the side of Germany and were defeated, Britain and France seized Ottoman lands and new national elites in former Ottoman territories claimed their own states. The region was renamed "the Middle East," erasing a robust and modernizing 600-year-old empire"-- Goodreads. Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-239) and index. a-tu--- aw----- World War, 1914-1918 Turkey World War, 1914-1918 Middle East Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 Empire ottoman Histoire Middle East Turkey 1288-1918 fast (OCoLC)fst01355456 D651.T9 A37 2026 940.356 9780691262499 0691262497 9780691262512 POD YDX 250409 20260315044647.6 in00005695487 eng