"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"--
Het Ottomaanse EindeReeks
Deze epische saga duikt in de ingewikkelde politieke machinaties en dramatische gebeurtenissen die het lot van het machtige Ottomaanse Rijk vormden. Volg de opkomst en ondergang van sultans, hun familiedynamiek en de machtsstrijd die de regio deden schudden. Het is een boeiende verkenning van cruciale historische momenten, vol verraad, ambitie en onverwachte wendingen.


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The Ottoman Endgame
War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923
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- 20 uur lezen
"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"--P. [2] of cover.