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.
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.
我们该如何理解今天中东的乱局?我们得追溯到第一次世界大战和奥斯曼帝国的衰亡史当中。7月15日,在新京报·文化客厅的第十场沙龙中,尤金·罗根认为,第一次世界大战塑造了今天的中东,而当时英国和法国所划定的边界导致的纠纷是今天中东乱局的一个根源。 撰文 | 徐悦东 对 于...
评分今读完这本《奥斯曼帝国衰亡》,感觉这本书把一战与奥斯曼帝国的灭亡那段历史梳理的非常清楚,这本书让我看到今天中东乱局的主要根源,英国,法国,俄国,美国和德国与奥斯曼帝国有着千丝万缕的关系,扯也扯不断。 那个时候,德国和奥斯曼帝国的交好使俄国产生报复行为,英法两...
评分奥斯曼帝国,原就是在战争和侵略的基础上建立起来的。在强大的帝国统治下,各种族各宗教相安无事的活动在帝国的羽翼之下。就算是自己的十指也有长短之差一样,帝国对于治下的人民也并非一视同仁。嫉妒与怨恨一点点的积累,等待着爆发时机的到来。当帝国式微,旗下的各民族就打...
评分本书难能可贵之处在于尽量不带视角,只叙述历史。对于亚美尼亚屠杀、阿拉伯民族主义、圣战和“反圣战”、英法俄数份瓜分领土的协议和欺骗,甚至对于阿拉伯的劳伦斯、凯末尔也都是放在历史序列中就事论事,不过分掺入意识形态。为了解一战更全面图景,理解当前中东乱局,补上奥...
评分奥斯曼帝国,原就是在战争和侵略的基础上建立起来的。在强大的帝国统治下,各种族各宗教相安无事的活动在帝国的羽翼之下。就算是自己的十指也有长短之差一样,帝国对于治下的人民也并非一视同仁。嫉妒与怨恨一点点的积累,等待着爆发时机的到来。当帝国式微,旗下的各民族就打...
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。
评分中规中矩,清晰明朗地讲了奥斯曼帝国在一战中的几条战线
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..
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~
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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