The End of the Ottomans: The Genocide of 1915 and the Politics of Turkish Nationalism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781788312417)

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 Ottomans is a vital new study of the Ottoman world, the Armenian Genocide and of the Middle East.

Author: Hans-Lukas Kieser
ISBN-10: 1788312414
ISBN-13: 9781788312417
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Language: English
Published: 07/11/2019
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.40w x 1.00d