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The Ottoman endgame : war, revolution, and the making of the modern Middle East, 1908-1923

text The Ottoman endgame : war, revolution, and the making of the modern Middle East, 1908-1923

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 les... Read more
Contents
The Sykes-Picot myth and the modern Middle East -- Prologue : September 7, 1876 -- The sick man of Europe. The sick patient ; Radical surgery : the young Turks ; The jackals pounce ; Searching for an ally -- The War of 1914 : Turkey plays its hand... Read more
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xx, 550 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Publisher
Penguin Press 2015

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 956 MCM in Adult Non-fiction Reshelving

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