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ROGAN, EUGENE: : The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War on the Middle East,1914-1920

LONDON.ALLEN LANE/PENGUIN BOOKS,2015.

ISBN 9781846144387.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 001.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, contemporary monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj with dark grey and dark blue lettering to front and spine/backstrip,critics' reviews (for another title) to rear; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - two top corners minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing,both lower corners minisculey bumped but without any creasing to dw/dj,along with miniscule bumping, creasing at head of spine/backstrip.Rear panel of dw/dj with two unintentional,partial diagonal creases.Top edges very lightly toned with faint,sporadic dust-soiling flecks,fore-edges also lightly toned but with some faint,sporadic foxing/ spotting otherwise generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,publisher's original plain light grey cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black ink printed letters to spine/backstrip,a black headband and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/ dj,1st edn,vii-xxvipp+1-485pp [paginated] includes contents list/table with dedication to reverse,a list of maps,a note on Nomenclature,a preface,6 contemporary regional maps - 1 double-paged,5 others single paged,13 chapters+ Conclusion,thumbnail contemporary b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,acknowledgements,notes,a bibliography, photograph credits and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,publisher advert for author's previous book 'The Arabs.',and title page. For some four centuries the Ottoman Empire had been one of the most powerful states in Europe as well as ruling the Middle East.By 1914 it had been drastically weakened and circled by numerous predators hoping to finish it off.With stalemate on the Western Front and the Ottomans joining the Central Powers,the British,French and Russians hatched an audacious plan to destroy their weakest opponent and carve out huge new empires for themselves: an ambitious and unprecedented invasion of Gallipoli . . . Eugene Rogan's remarkable new book re- creates one of the most important but little understood fronts of the First World War.With the skill, balance and sympathy that made his 'The Arabs.' so successful,Rogan brings to life a theatre of war that proved in its different way just as remorseless as any other. In 1914 the Ottoman Empire was depleted of men and resources after years of war against Balkan nationalist and Italian forces.But in the aftermath of the assassination in Sarajevo,the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war,and not even the Middle East could escape the vast and enduring consequences of one of the most destructive conflicts in human history.The Great War spelled the end of the Ottomans, unleashing powerful forces that would forever change the face of the Middle East. Bolstered by German money,arms,and military advisors,the Ottomans took on the Russian, British,and French forces,and tried to provoke Jihad against the Allies in their Muslim colonies.Unlike the static killing fields of the Western Front,the war in the Middle East was fast-moving and unpredictable,with the Turks inflicting decisive defeats on the Entente in Gallipoli,Mesopotamia,and Gaza before the tide of battle turned in the Allies' favour. 'The Fall of the Ottomans' includes detailed and gripping accounts of the principal battles, fought under the most brutal climatic conditions - from waterless deserts to the ice and snow of the Caucasus.Great cities were also fought over and fell,as varied as Istanbul (Constantinople), Damascus (Dimashq),Baghdad and Jerusalem before the Ottomans agreed to an armistice in 1918.The postwar settlement led to the partition of Ottoman lands between the victorious powers,and laid the foundation for the ongoing conflicts that continue to plague the modern Arab world. If the fighting in the west was mainly between professional armies,the fighting in the Middle East destroyed whole peoples,with the most terrible consequences for ancient communities, from the Armenians to the Greeks. Despite fighting back with great skill and determination against the Allied onslaught,and humiliating the British both at Gallipoli and in Mesopotamia (now Iraq),the Ottomans were ultimately defeated,clearing the way for the making of a new Middle east that has endured to the present - with consequences that still dominate our lives. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** UK,buyers note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item(s) offered P/p included or free. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 2/3rds of standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

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