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xx, 550 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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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"-- Jacket. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-535) and index. |
| Contents |
Introdution: The Sykes-Picot myth and the modern Middle East -- Prologue: September 7, 1876 -- Part I: The sick man of Europe -- The sick patient -- Radical surgery: the young Turks -- The jackals pounce -- Searching for an ally -- Part II: The War of 1914: Turkey plays its hand -- Manna from Mars: the arrival of SMS Goeben -- The battle for Ottoman belligerence -- Basra, Sarikami, and Suez -- Dardanelles -- Gallipoli -- Massacre in Turkish Armenia -- A cold winter for the British Empire -- Erzurum and Kut -- Double bluff: Ottoman holy war and Arab revolt -- Russia's moment -- Turning the Arabs -- Brest-Litovsk: the poisoned chalice -- Part III: Death and rebirth -- Mudros -- Sèvres -- Sakarya -- Smyrna -- Lausanne and the Ottoman legacy. |
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Middle East -- History -- 1914-1923.
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Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
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Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945.
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Middle East. (OCoLC)fst01241586
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Turkey. (OCoLC)fst01208963
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1288-1945
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9781594205323 (hardcover) |
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1594205329 (hardcover) |
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