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The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East Hardcover – March 10, 2015

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  • Hardcover: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Basic Books; 1St Edition edition (March 10, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 046502307X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0465023073
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.6 x 9.2 inches
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4.0 out of 5 starsGreat on Politics, good on military
By jack greene on March 1, 2015
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This is a very well written and good book on the topic. However, it is primarily a political study of the fall of the Ottoman Empire in World War I. It is not so much a military study.
The author, who teaches at Oxford, has looked at the Ottoman Empire and how it handled World War One. He works in Turkish and Arabic. There are many individual vignettes from individuals at ALL levels of society, from political policy carried on at the highest levels, to the various campaigns and the fighting that resulted. It is well-illustrated volume but includes only a handful of strategic maps of the Empire’s battlefields.
The political history is excellent. The author has a firm grasp of the Young Turk movement, the JIHAD aspect of the Turkish war effort and the impact of the Arab on the Turk (and vice-versa). His discussion of the Armenian genocide is balanced and accurate and unlike many studies, does NOT ignore the brutal killing of thousands of Assyrians. An entire chapter is devoted to this and will inhibit sales in Turkey!
But it is not so much a military study. The German battlecruiser GOEBEN & British battlecruiser INFLEXIBLE become battleships. The small old French battleship REQUIN becomes a cruiser, HMS AMETHYST becomes French (p137) and Ottoman losses are often based on old Allied accounts. German Admiral Souchon is mentioned once in the book, ignoring his large impact in the Black Sea. Edward Erickson’s I ORDER YOU TO DIE is in the bibliography but seemingly not consulted in some of the areas covered in the book. The Turkish Official military studies appear to be completely missing as well.
The author does NOT note that after the Allied naval assault at the Dardanelles, in which they suffered major losses, the Turks were virtually out of artillery ammunition.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsRequired reading to understand the background of today's Middle East
By Bokonen on March 29, 2015
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The Great War meant the ruin of the Hapsburgs, the Kaiser, and the Czar. But it also meant the final collapse of the Ottoman empire. None of these events seem to matter today until we look for a historical basis for current events- particularly in the Middle East. Required reading for anyone looking for historical context for Syria, jihad, Yemen, Arabia, and Turkey
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5.0 out of 5 starsOttomans Out Of It
By Douglas Bakshian on April 28, 2015
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“Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane,” so said George Orwell.
That's what Eugene Rogan does for us in The Fall of the Ottomans. He has breathed new life into the morbid corpse of the First World War . Gallipoli, Dardanelles, the Black Sea, Istanbul! Odious Ottomans, angry Arabs, blustering Brits , and joyless Germans all get together in a masterful mishmash of mayhem, misunderstanding and mauling. It's strange. They are all using each other and manipulating, and they end up in the rubbish bin of history.

Rogan catalogues well the Tragedy of Errors that became World War One. We see that the Ottomans were just as edgy, arrogant, and manipulative as the Europeans. They got sucked into the vortex of destruction through their own imperial machinations, which in the end brought them crashing down! Add to this mix the Russian revolution which put an extra twist into an already contorted situation. Yes, the old world order imploded and this war marked the beginning of the end for Europe. Those 20th century blues that Noel Coward referred to in a song. Europe and the Ottomans couldn't handle the new century so it consumed them.

Britain, the mighty naval behemoth, wanted to knock out the Ottomans with sea power. But French and British warships hit minefields in the Dardanelles straight, leaving one third of the allied fleet sunk or badly damaged in a single day of action. So naval power was not able to bombard and destroy the Ottoman artillery. This forced Britain to commit a large ground force to take the Gallipoli peninsula to silence the Ottoman guns to allow ships to enter the straight and advance on Istanbul. The ground war prompted the wholesale slaughter.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsOutstanding History of an Untold Dimension
By Allan M. Lees on April 6, 2015
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I've read a large number of preWWI and WWI history books in my time but this is the first time the war has been diligently covered from the perspective of the Ottoman empire. It's a fascinating account of the dilemma the Turks faced on the eve of World War One, and the treatment of all sides - including the hapless civilians who were caught up in the hysteria and madness of the time - is even-handed and highly informative.

For anyone wanting to understand Turkey's history and how it has shaped today's country under Erdogan this is a must-read. Likewise for those who want to understand the Armenian genocide.
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5.0 out of 5 starsOttoman Empire and Armenian Genocide
By Lampholder on April 5, 2015
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This is a remarkable account of the Fall of the Ottoman empire that treats the Armenian genocide fairly and accurately. It goes beyond "us against them" analysis by explaining the full historical context, and the complex dynamics both between and within nations that characterize the region to this day. It is fascinating reading for anybody interested in the consequences of collapsing empires, and contemporary regional issues.

I strongly recommend reading "Persona Non Grata: End of the Great Game" by Avery Mann in conjunction with this book. It addresses the same themes from a less academic perspective.
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5.0 out of 5 starsWonderful book with present day implications

This account of the Ottomans in WWI gives us much of the background of the current problems in the Middle East. Read more

Published 1 day ago by Bernard Greenberg
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat read!

This book contains a very strong analysis of the final days of the Ottoman Empire and lays out the conflicts and resolutions that formed the modern Middle East.

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The book was pretty beat up but the writing is excellent.

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5.0 out of 5 starsSolid story about people who are often not mentioned in other books

The familiar story of world war 1 is told with a different perspective and fresh reporting from people on the ground as well as from senior leaders.

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5.0 out of 5 starsA good history of an important period of which I previously ...

A good history of an important period of which I previously knew little. Very important to know because it set up all the problems we see today. Not much mention of sunnis vs. Read more

Published 17 days ago by Gerald Holmquist
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Excellent historical treatise.

Published 19 days ago by john levering
5.0 out of 5 starsProvides an in-depth understanding of the causes for all the ...

Provides an in-depth understanding of the causes for all the unrest in the Middle East, and why the people of the Middle East have low level of trust on the West.

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Was'nt great, but was pretty good.

Published 1 month ago by Nida Dent
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Published 1 month ago by mindella1
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat historic account

Great historic review of the Turkish empire. This book creates a very interesting,well thought out and researched account of the forming of the Middle East .

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