The End of the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1923

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.

Author: Alexander Lyon Macfie
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 06/10/1998
Pages: 268
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.56w x 0.62d
ISBN: 9780582287631

About the Author

A L Macfie has published numerous articles in academic journals, mainly on Middle Eastern diplomatic history. His publications include Ataturk in Longman's Profiles in Power series and The Straits Question 1908-36, published by the Institute for Balkan Studies