Between 1905 and 1922, a series of wars would engulf the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, chief among them World War I--a story we think we know well. As Sean McMeekin shows us in this revelatory new history, we know far less than we think. Drawing from his years of groundbreaking research in the newly opened Ottoman archives in Turkey, The Ottoman Endgame brings to light the entire strategic narrative that led to an unstable new order in postwar Middle East--much of which is still felt today. With great storytelling flair, McMeekin makes new the epic stories we know from the Ottoman front, from Gallipoli to the exploits of Lawrence in Arabia, and introduces a vast range of new stories to Western readers. The book chronicles the emergence of modern Turkey and the carve-up of the rest of the Ottoman Empire, offering a new perspective on such issues as the horrific Armenian genocide, the setup of the birth of Israel, the toppling of the caliphate, and the partition of Iraq and... Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге OTTOMAN ENDGAME, THE (MCMEEKIN, SEAN)