Tabla de Contenidos: “…Fin-de-siècle Salonica -- Das Volk in Waffen : the formation of an Ottoman officer -- The scientism of the Young Turks -- From wars to the Great War : a hero is born -- Muslim communism? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introdution: The Sykes-Picot myth and the modern Middle East -- Prologue: September 7, 1876 -- Part I: The sick man of Europe -- The sick patient -- Radical surgery: the young Turks -- The jackals pounce -- Searching for an ally -- Part II: The War of 1914: Turkey plays its hand -- Manna from Mars: the arrival of SMS Goeben -- The battle for Ottoman belligerence -- Basra, Sarıkamış, and Suez -- Dardanelles -- Gallipoli -- Massacre in Turkish Armenia -- A cold winter for the British Empire -- Erzurum and Kut -- Double bluff -- Ottoman holy war and Arab revolt -- Russia's moment -- Turning the Arabs -- Brest-Litovsk -- Part III: Death and rebirth -- Mudros -- Sèvres -- Sakarya -- Smyrna -- Lausanne and the Ottoman legacy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: new perspectives on Ottoman history / Jorgen S. Nielsen -- The Young Turks in power: a comparative and critical perspective / Klas-Göran Karlsson -- The Ottoman Empire between successors: thinking from 1821 to 1922 / Christine Philliou -- The Non-Muslim tax farmers in the fiscal and economic system of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century / Svetla Ianeva -- Conceptualizing difference during the Second Constitutional Period: new sources, old challenges / Kent F. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…The development of Islamic civilization to the eighteenth century -- The rise and expansion of Islam -- The development of Islamic civilization to the fifteenth century -- The Ottoman and Safavid empires : a new imperial synthesis -- The beginnings of the era of transformation -- Forging a new synthesis : the pattern of reforms, 1789-1849 -- The Ottoman Empire and Egypt during the era of the Tanzimat -- Egypt and Iran in the late nineteenth century -- The response of Islamic society -- The era of the Young Turks and the Iranian constitutionalists -- World War I and the end of the Ottoman order -- The struggle for independence : the interwar era to the end of World War II -- Authoritarian reform in Turkey and Iran -- The Arab struggle for independence : Egypt, Iraq, and Transjordan from the interwar era to 1945 -- The Arab struggle for independence : Syria, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia from the interwar era to 1945 -- The Palestine mandate and the birth of the state of Israel -- The independent Middle East from the end of World War II to the 1970s -- Democracy and authoritarianism : Turkey and Iran -- The Middle East in the age of Nasser : the Egyptian base -- The Middle East in the age of Nasser : the radicalization of Arab politics -- Israel and the Palestinians from 1948 to the 1970s -- The resurgence of Islam : the Middle East from the 1970s to the 1991 -- Gulf war -- The Iranian revolution and the revival of Islam -- Changing patterns of war and peace : Egypt and Lebanon in the 1970s and 1980s -- The Arabian Peninsula in the petroleum era -- The consolidation of authoritarian rule in Syria and Iraq : the regimes of Hafiz Al-Asad and Saddam Husayn -- Challenges to the existing order : the Middle East in the 1990s and 2000s -- The Palestinian Intifada and the 1991 Gulf War -- A peace so near, a peace so far : Palestinian-Israeli relations since the 1991 Gulf War -- Patterns of continuity and change in Turkey, Iran, and Lebanon -- America's troubled moment in the Middle East -- The 2011 Arab uprisings and its aftermath…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- National Actors: Vision and Hubris -- ˋMinorities': The Fateful Legacy of the Great War -- Arno Barth: The Securitization of Minorities as a Bedrock of Population Policy -- Psychological Approach (Affect Heuristics) -- Political Science Approach (Securitization) -- Securitization of Minorities during World War One -- Siegfried Lichtenstaedter (Central Powers) -- Buxton Brothers (Entente) -- Georges Montandon (Neutral Countries) -- Summary -- Outlook -- Hans-Lukas Kieser: Empire Overstretched Nation-state Enforced: The Young Turks Inaugurated the Europe of Extremes -- Introduction: The Threshold of 1913 -- Late Ottoman Background -- Reforms and Social Revolution Versus Reactionary Violence and Restored Empire -- Ideological Radicalisation and Large-scale Demographic Engineering -- Genocide -- Removal of Muslims and Jews -- Conclusion: The Lausanne Treaty Endorsed Extremes and Abandoned Minorities -- Oktay Özel: The Role of Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa (Special Organization) in the Armenian Genocide -- CUP, Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa and the War -- Tehcir and the Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa -- An Attempt at Reconstruction - The Teşkilât-ı Mahsusa (re-activated on 3 August 1914) -- Dr Sakir as the Mastermind of Annihilation -- Armenians Perceived as ˋFifth Column' -- Decision for Tehcir and Destruction (March 1915) -- From Teşkilât-ı Mahsusa to Umur-ı Şarkiye Dairesi (5 April 1915)…”

“…Suny shows that the great majority of Armenians were in truth loyal subjects who wanted to remain in the empire. But the Young Turks, steeped in imperial anxiety and anti-Armenian bias, became convinced that the survival of the state depended on the elimination of the Armenians. …”

“…Special attention is given to the transitional role of these oppositional forces during and after the dramatic shifts in Thai politics precipitated by the student revolution of 1973, the military coup of 1976, the increased hostilities between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Vietnam in 1979, and the abortive coup by the Thai "Young Turk" military faction in 1981.…”