The Last Ottoman Generation and the Making of the Modern Middle East

Auteur

Michael Provence teaches Middle East history at the Department of History, University of California, San Diego. He is the author of The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism (2005).

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A study of the period of armed conflict following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East.

Résumé
This book is for students interested in modern Middle East history, the origins of the Middle East, the impact of colonialism, and modern politics and conflict. It is a study of the armed revolts and uprisings that followed the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East.

Contenu

1. Introduction; 2. Ottoman modernity in the long nineteenth century: training state servants and making citizens; 3. The theory and practice of colonialism in the post-Ottoman Middle East; 4. Losing the war and fighting the settlement: the post-Ottoman Middle East takes shape, 1918; 5. League of Nations hopes and disappointments: the return of armed struggle in the post-Ottoman era, 1923 6. Colonial constitutions and treaties: post-Ottoman militarism, 1927; 7. The final days of the last Ottoman generation, 1936 8. Epilogue and conclusion.