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008			211220s2018 us b 000 0 eng
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020			_a9781618119582 (paperback)
040			_cTR-NIT
050	0	0	_aD640.A2, _bD475 2018
090			_aD640.A2, D475 2018
245	0	4	_aThe Ottoman twilight in the Arab lands : _bTurkish testimonies and memories of the Great War / _cSelim Deringil.
260			_aBrighton, MA, USA : _bAcademic Studies Press, _c2018.
300			_alxviii, 204 pages : _billustrations, _c24 cm.
490	0		_aOttoman and Turkish studies.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aThe Great War is still seen as a mostly European war. The Middle Eastern theater is, at best, considered a sideshow written from the western perspective. This book fills an important gap in the literature by giving an insight through annotated translations from five Ottoman memoirs, previously not available in English, of actors who witnessed the last few years of Turkish presence in the Arab lands. It provides the historical background to many of the crises in the Middle East today, such as the Arab-Israeli confrontation, the conflict-ridden emergence of Syria and Lebanon, the struggle over the holy places of Islam in the Hejaz, and the mutual prejudices of Arabs and Turks about each other.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _vPersonal narratives, Turkish.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _zTurkey.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _zMiddle East.
942			_2lcc _cBK