- World War, 1914-1918, Jihad, Geopolitics, Foreign relations
The modern Middle East was forged in the crucible of the First World War, but few know the full story of how war actually came to the region. As Sean McMeekin reveals in this startling reinterpretation of the war, it was neither the British nor the French but rather a small clique of Germans and Turks who thrust the Islamic world into the conflict for their own political, economic, and military ends.
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- Author
- Sean McMeekin
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 460
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780674057395
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