A.L. Macfie

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 1998
Format: Paper; 272 pp

ISBN-10:	0582287634
ISBN-13:	9780582287631

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The collapse of the Ottoman Empire is a key event in the shaping of the modern Near and Middle East. From the ruins of the empire arose, in addition to the Balkan states, a series of successor states and mandated territories including Turkey, Albania, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Trans Jordan (Jordan), Palestine (Israel) and Saudi Arabia and with them many flashpoints of future international tension down to our own time. This thoughtful and lucid volume surveys the events leading up to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire; sets them in their full international context (particularly the rivalry of the European Great Powers); identifies the many factors contributing to the empire's collapse; and examines the aftermath.

Introduction.
1. The Young Turk Revolution of 1908.
2. Counter Revolution.
3. Politics, Constitution, Rebellion and War.
4. The Balkan Wars.
5. The Great Powers and the Ottoman Empire.
6. The Entry of the Ottoman Empire into the First World War. The Ottoman Empire in the First World War 1914-1918.
8. The Secret Treaties.
9. The Armistice of Mudros.
10. The End of the Ottoman Empire.
11. The Peace Settlement and the Minorities.
12. The End of the Committee of Union and Progress.
Conclusion.

• Sets events in their full international context, describing the involvement of the Great Powers in these significant events.
• A.L. Macfie is a specialist in Middle East history and he draws on inaccessible source material for a wider readership.
• Launches the new Turning Points series, an ambitious programme of books that will examine key moments in modern history, under the General Editorship of Keith Robbins.