Book review: The Ottoman Endgame

Had the Ottoman empire survived World War I and come to dominate western powers we would be living in a very different, far less tolerant world, suggests Andrew Melsom.

Sat, 05 Sep, 2015 - 01:00

Andrew Melsom

War, Revolution and the Making of Modern Middle East, 1908 – 1923

Sean McMeekin

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