The Ottoman Endgame by Sean Mcmeekin
A single-volume history of the Ottoman empire's decade-long war for survival. Beginning with Italy's invasion of Ottoman Tripoli in September 1911, the opening salvo in what would soon spiral into a European conflict, it concludes with the establishment of Turkish independence in the Treaty of Lausanne, 1923.
There are many histories of World War One; few are as important or as readable as this one -- Walter Russell Mead
It is an enormous story, and McMeekin is a worthy chronicler of it.. The Ottoman Endgame is the most satisfactory and thought-through of the recent books on the subject that I have seen -- Norman Stone
A wry, delightful book, which fills in a neglected face of the war and traces the emergence of the modern Middle East -- Geoffrey Wawro
A tour de force -- Philip Mansel
Masterful and sympathetic ... superb -- Charles King * Literary Review *
Original and passionately written * Economist *
A marvellous exposition of the historian's art -- Christopher de Bellaigue * Guardian *
This readable, much-praised and opinionated work chronicles the Ottomans' entry into the war on Germany's side, its eventual defeat and its final dismemberment -- Gerard Russell * The Times *
A well-timed, well-researched exploration of the empire whose dissolution continues to complicate making sense of the contemporary Middle East. Herein are explanations of how modern Turkey, Iraq, and Syria came to be, as well as how the division of the rest of the region affected its future. Scholars and practitioners alike will benefit from reading it -- Henry Kissinger
It is an enormous story, and McMeekin is a worthy chronicler of it.. The Ottoman Endgame is the most satisfactory and thought-through of the recent books on the subject that I have seen -- Norman Stone
A wry, delightful book, which fills in a neglected face of the war and traces the emergence of the modern Middle East -- Geoffrey Wawro
A tour de force -- Philip Mansel
Masterful and sympathetic ... superb -- Charles King * Literary Review *
Original and passionately written * Economist *
A marvellous exposition of the historian's art -- Christopher de Bellaigue * Guardian *
This readable, much-praised and opinionated work chronicles the Ottomans' entry into the war on Germany's side, its eventual defeat and its final dismemberment -- Gerard Russell * The Times *
A well-timed, well-researched exploration of the empire whose dissolution continues to complicate making sense of the contemporary Middle East. Herein are explanations of how modern Turkey, Iraq, and Syria came to be, as well as how the division of the rest of the region affected its future. Scholars and practitioners alike will benefit from reading it -- Henry Kissinger
Sean McMeekin is Professor of History at Bard College, New York. For some years he taught at Bilkent University, Ankara. His books include the highly successful The Berlin-Baghdad Express (Penguin), The Russian Origins of the First World War and The Ottoman Endgame (Penguin).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780718199715 |
| ISBN 10 | 0718199715 |
| Title | The Ottoman Endgame |
| Author | Sean Mcmeekin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2016-06-30 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
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