Eugene Rogan is a Fellow of St. Antony’s College and lectures in the Modern History of the Middle East at the University of Oxford. The author of The Arabs, Rogan lives in Oxford, England.
In 1914 the Ottoman Empire was depleted of men and resources after years of war against Balkan nationalist and Italian forces. But in the aftermath of the assassination in Sarajevo, the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war, and not even the Middle East could escape the vast and enduring consequences of one of the most destructive conflicts in human history. The Great War spelled the end of the Ottomans, unleashing powerful forces that would forever change the face of the Middle East.
In The Fall of the Ottomans, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan brings the First World War and its immediate aftermath in the Middle East to vivid life, uncovering the often ignored story of the region’s crucial role in the conflict. Bolstered by German money, arms, and military advisors, the Ottomans took on the Russian, British, and French forces, and tried to provoke Jihad against the Allies in their Muslim colonies. Unlike the static killing fields of the Western Front, the war in the Middle East was fast-moving and unpredictable, with the Turks inflicting decisive defeats on the Entente in Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, and Gaza before the tide of battle turned in the Allies’ favor. The great cities of Baghdad, Jerusalem, and, finally, Damascus fell to invading armies before the Ottomans agreed to an armistice in 1918.
The postwar settlement led to the partition of Ottoman lands between the victorious powers, and laid the groundwork for the ongoing conflicts that continue to plague the modern Arab world. A sweeping narrative of battles and political intrigue from Gallipoli to Arabia, The Fall of the Ottomans is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the Great War and the making of the modern Middle East.
奥斯曼帝国在一战前的情况和中国很相似,帝国已经到了岌岌可危的地步,有志之士寻求富国强兵的变革之路,所谓有志之士,多数都是现有体制下不得志的人员。 而帝国的既得利益者,当然不会轻易去妥协。 这时候就产生了冲突,而冲突的结果只能是一方消灭另一方,这就是所谓的革命...
评分作者讲故事的能力还是相当不错的,在不算长的篇幅里把一战中东的故事和各族命运描绘的非常清晰。帝国末年,各族都经历了一轮血的洗礼。 一、奥斯曼帝国 和穷途末路的“东亚病夫”大清帝国相比,“西亚病夫”奥斯曼帝国相似点自然很多,不同之处也不少: 1、帝国末年,总有一群...
评分一战改变了欧洲,二战改变了世界。 在我看来,100多年前发生的这次大战,就犹如一位日渐强壮的青年人-德国,为了从一群拥有既得利益的中年人-英/法/俄手中得到自己的荣耀与权利,而拉着另外两个日薄西山的老人-奥匈/奥斯曼帝国一起发动的战争。 一直以来,人们习惯于从欧洲各国...
评分欧亚分界线,博斯普鲁斯海峡,蓝色土耳其总是给人无限的遐想。曾经看过土耳其作家帕慕克的一本书:伊斯坦布尔,一座城市的记忆。里面流露出一丝淡淡的忧伤。帕慕克在感叹帝国辉煌的一去不返。如果了解到奥斯曼帝国曾经的辉煌,就会理解帕慕克为什么有着荣光不再的感叹。 作为一...
评分P6,倒数第三行 :排除了难——排除万难 P20,倒数第四行:自1453年起便是——直到1453年都是 涉及army corps(集团军/军)与army(军团)的翻译很乱,前后不一致,涉及多章,如P57的军团都应该改成军,P129第六行,每个军团都有3万——每个军都有三万 P62 戈本号是重型战列巡...
今日中东诸多问题都可以追溯到奥斯曼帝国的崩溃。当年奥斯曼和大清,一个欧洲病夫,一个东亚病夫。只是奥斯曼离西方更近,受压也更早,类似戊戌变法的尝试也更早。到基马尔世俗化改革,基本西化,成了无所适从的国家,而中国仍以独特的文明立于东方。读完这本书,对英国人阴险(treacherous)、两面三刀(perfidious)和虚伪(hypocrisy)的印象进一步加深了。
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评分The First World War was a turning point of world history, and it dictated the course of 20 century in a way could hardly be underestimated. But most of the history we read focused on the European battlegrounds, and a century later we suddenly realized the war in the near east front may surpass the one in the west to become a more significant even..
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评分比较平铺直叙且足够通俗的政治/军事史,分析较少,但当故事书看的话还是挺好看~
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