The Berlin-Baghdad Express The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power by Sean McMeekin - 04/09/2012

Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2012-05-06. paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. Unmarked trade paperback

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. First printing. Covers soiled. 2012 Trade Paperback. xv, 460 pp. 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. The Berlin-Baghdad Express tells the fascinating story of how Germany exploited Ottoman pan-Islamism in order to destroy the British Empire, then the largest Islamic power in the world. Meanwhile the Young Turks harnessed themselves to German military might to avenge Turkey’s hereditary enemy, Russia. Told from the perspective of the key decision-makers on the Turco-German side, many of the most… Read More

Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2012-05-07. Paperback. Used:Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Harvard Univ Pr. New. Special order direct from the distributor

Belknap Pr, 2012. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 460 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. The modern Middle East was forged in the crucible of the First World War. Presenting a reinterpretation of the war, this title states that 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.

Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2012-05-07. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!