The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923
Sean McMeekin
An astonishing retelling of twentieth-century history from the Ottoman perspective, delivering profound new insights into World War I and the contemporary Middle East Between 1911 and 1922, a series of wars would engulf the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, in which the central conflict, of course, is World War I—a story we think we know well. As Sean McMeekin shows us in this revelatory new history of what he calls the “wars of the Ottoman succession,” we know far less than we think. The Ottoman Endgame brings to light the entire strategic narrative that led to an unstable new order in postwar Middle East—much of which is still felt today. The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East draws from McMeekin’s years of groundbreaking research in newly opened Ottoman and Russian archives.
Award History
0 wins · 1 total
| Award | Year | Result | Category / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Lynton History Prize | 2016 | Finalist | Secondary source |
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Between 1911 and 1922, wars engulfed the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, and the Ottoman succession wars—especially World War I—produced an unstable postwar Middle East order whose effects persist.
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