The End of the Ottomans: The Genocide of 1915 and the Politics of Turkish Nationalism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780755635979)

In the early part of the twentieth century, as Europe began its descent into the First World War, the Ottoman world - once the largest Empire in the Middle East - began to experience a revolution which would culminate in the new, secular Turkish state. Alongside this, in 1915, as part of an increasing nationalism, it enacted a genocide against its Armenian citizens. In this new study, Hans-Lukas Kieser marshals a dazzling array of scholars to re-evaluate the approach and legacy of the Young Turks - whose eradication of the Armenians from Asia Minor would have far-reaching consequences. Kieser argues that genocide led to today's crisis-ridden Middle East and set in place a rigid state system whose effects are still felt in Turkey today.Featuring new and groundbreaking work on the role of bureaucracy, the actors outside of Istanbul and re-centreing Armenian agency in the genocide, The End of the Ottomansis a vital new study of the Ottoman world, the Armenian Genocide and of the Middle East.

Author: Hans-Lukas Kieser
ISBN-10: 0755635973
ISBN-13: 9780755635979
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Language: English
Published: 10/29/2020
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.78d