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The Berlin-Baghdad express : the Ottoman Empire and Germany's bid for world power, Sean McMeekin

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Summary
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 consequential events of World War I -- Turkey's entry into the war, Gallipoli, the Armenian massacres, the Arab revolt, and the Russian Revolution -- are illuminated as never before. Drawing on a wealth of new sources, McMeekin forces us to re-examine Western interference in the Middle East and its lamentable results. It is an epic tragicomedy of unintended consequences, as Turkish nationalists give Russia the war it desperately wants, jihad begets an Islamic insurrection in Mecca, German sabotage plots upend the Tsar delivering Turkey from Russia's yoke, and German Zionism midwifes the Balfour Declaration. All along, the story is interwoven with the drama surrounding German efforts to complete the Berlin to Baghdad railway, the weapon designed to win the war and assure German hegemony over the Middle East. - Publisher
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xv, 460 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
Contents
  • Prologue: The view from Haydarpasha
  • The kaiser, the baron and the dragoman
  • Berlin to Baghdad
  • Young Turks and old caliphs
  • A gift from Mars : German holy war fever
  • The war for the porte
  • The first global jihad : death to infidels everywhere! (unless they be Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, Americans or
  • possibly
  • Italians)
  • Parting the Red Sea
  • An Austrian in Arabia
  • Showdown at the Suez Canal
  • Gallipoli : from disaster to triumph
  • The blood of the Prophet
  • The Shia stratagem
  • To the gates of India
  • Trouble on the Baghdad Railway
  • The reluctant Mahdi
  • Iranian implosion
  • Betrayal in Mecca
  • The holy war devours its children
  • Consolation prize? : the race for Baku
  • Epilogue: The strange death of German Zionism and the Nazi-Muslim connection
Isbn
9780674058538
Instance
Label
The Berlin-Baghdad express : the Ottoman Empire and Germany's bid for world power
Title
The Berlin-Baghdad express
Title remainder
the Ottoman Empire and Germany's bid for world power
Statement of responsibility
Sean McMeekin
Title variation
Ottoman Empire and Germany's bid for world power
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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 consequential events of World War I -- Turkey's entry into the war, Gallipoli, the Armenian massacres, the Arab revolt, and the Russian Revolution -- are illuminated as never before. Drawing on a wealth of new sources, McMeekin forces us to re-examine Western interference in the Middle East and its lamentable results. It is an epic tragicomedy of unintended consequences, as Turkish nationalists give Russia the war it desperately wants, jihad begets an Islamic insurrection in Mecca, German sabotage plots upend the Tsar delivering Turkey from Russia's yoke, and German Zionism midwifes the Balfour Declaration. All along, the story is interwoven with the drama surrounding German efforts to complete the Berlin to Baghdad railway, the weapon designed to win the war and assure German hegemony over the Middle East. - Publisher
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1974-
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McMeekin, Sean
Dewey number
940.3/1
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
D520.T8
LC item number
M36 2010eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Jihad
  • Germany
  • Geopolitics
  • Germany
  • Turkey
  • HISTORY
  • HISTORY
  • Geopolitics
  • Diplomatic relations
  • Jihad
  • Germany
  • Islamic countries
  • Turkey
Label
The Berlin-Baghdad express : the Ottoman Empire and Germany's bid for world power, Sean McMeekin
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Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-426) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: The view from Haydarpasha -- The kaiser, the baron and the dragoman -- Berlin to Baghdad -- Young Turks and old caliphs -- A gift from Mars : German holy war fever -- The war for the porte -- The first global jihad : death to infidels everywhere! (unless they be Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, Americans or -- possibly -- Italians) -- Parting the Red Sea -- An Austrian in Arabia -- Showdown at the Suez Canal -- Gallipoli : from disaster to triumph -- The blood of the Prophet -- The Shia stratagem -- To the gates of India -- Trouble on the Baghdad Railway -- The reluctant Mahdi -- Iranian implosion -- Betrayal in Mecca -- The holy war devours its children -- Consolation prize? : the race for Baku -- Epilogue: The strange death of German Zionism and the Nazi-Muslim connection
Control code
705929723
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xv, 460 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780674058538
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctvk0js9c
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)705929723
Label
The Berlin-Baghdad express : the Ottoman Empire and Germany's bid for world power, Sean McMeekin
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-426) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: The view from Haydarpasha -- The kaiser, the baron and the dragoman -- Berlin to Baghdad -- Young Turks and old caliphs -- A gift from Mars : German holy war fever -- The war for the porte -- The first global jihad : death to infidels everywhere! (unless they be Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, Americans or -- possibly -- Italians) -- Parting the Red Sea -- An Austrian in Arabia -- Showdown at the Suez Canal -- Gallipoli : from disaster to triumph -- The blood of the Prophet -- The Shia stratagem -- To the gates of India -- Trouble on the Baghdad Railway -- The reluctant Mahdi -- Iranian implosion -- Betrayal in Mecca -- The holy war devours its children -- Consolation prize? : the race for Baku -- Epilogue: The strange death of German Zionism and the Nazi-Muslim connection
Control code
705929723
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xv, 460 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780674058538
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctvk0js9c
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)705929723

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