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Making the Modern Middle East
A century ago, as World War I got underway, the Middle East was dominated, as it had been for centuries, by the Ottoman Empire. But by 1923, its political shape had changed beyond recognition, as the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the insistent claims of Arab and Turkish nationalism and Zionism led to a redrawing of borders and shuffling of alliances—a transformation whose consequences are still felt today.
This fully revised and updated second edition of The Makers of the Modern Middle East traces those changes and the ensuing history of the region through the rest of the twentieth century and on to the present. Focusing in particular on three leaders—Emir Feisal, Mustafa Kemal, and Chaim Weizmann—the book offers a clear, authoritative account of the region seen from a transnational perspective, one that enables readers to understand its complex history and the way it affects present-day events.
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The makers of the modern Middle East
This work presents a comprehensive analysis of how the decisions taken at the end of the First World War forged a new Middle East, setting in place a pattern which formed the political shape of the region as we know it today.
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The Makers of the Modern Middle East
A century ago, as World War I got underway, the Middle East was dominated, as it had been for centuries, by the Ottoman Empire. But by 1923, its political shape had changed beyond recognition, as the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the insistent claims of Arab and Turkish nationalism and Zionism led to a redrawing of borders and shuffling of alliances-a transformation whose consequences are still felt today.This fully revised and updated second edition ofThe Makers of the Modern Middle Easttraces those changes and the ensuing history of the region through the rest of the twentieth century and on to the present. Focusing in particular on three leaders-Emir Feisal, Mustafa Kemal, and Chaim Weizmann-the book offers a clear, authoritative account of the region seen from a transnational perspective, one that enables readers to understand its complex history and the way it affects present-day events.
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From War to War
The Middle East had been at war, almost without a break, since 1911, the year the Italians invaded Libya. The First World War and the Turkish War of Independence, which followed, lasted eight years. But after the Turkish victory at the end of August 1922, the pace quickened. A fortnight later, the Greek army was out of Anatolia. A month after that an armistice was signed with the Allies. It then took another two weeks to sweep away the Ottoman monarchy, which had ruled the country for seven centuries. The Middle East now seemed set on a period of peace
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Wartime Promises and Expectations
What the future of the Middle East might have been if the world had not gone to war in 1914 no one can now tell, but what is indisputable is that the First World War had a dramatic impact on the region, leaving a legacy that remains to this day. Once war began, it soon became clear that this was a struggle on an epic scale, forcing the powers to speculate on what a peace settlement might look like. It was not inevitable that the Ottoman Empire would enter the war on the side of the Central Powers, but in
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