After six hundred years of ruling over the peoples of North Africa, the Balkans and Middle East, the collapse of the Ottoman Empire encompassed a series of wars, insurrections, and revolutions spanning the early twentieth century, the political, economic, social, and international forces of which are detailed in this interesting and original study.
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Gingeras is a judicious navigator ... Drawing on Ottoman, German, U.S., and British archival documents, diaries, and memories, as well as on parliamentary records and contemporary newspapers, Gingeras tells a complicated story in crystal-clear prose, making it accessible to specialists and non-specialists alike.
