The last Ottoman generation and the making of the modern Middle East

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Provence, Michael, 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
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245 # 4 |a The last Ottoman generation and the making of the modern Middle East   |c Michael Provence.. 
264 # 0 |a Cambridge, United Kingdom:   |b Cambridge University Press,   |c 2017.. 
300 # # |a pages cm. 
504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 # 0 |a Introduction -- Saladin's pilgrims and the war to end war -- Modernity, militarism, and colonialism in the making of the Middle East -- Ottoman modernity -- Middle East colonialisms -- Legacies -- 1) Ottoman modernity in the long nineteenth century : training state servants and making citizens -- Modern education and a late Ottoman childhood -- Modernizing the state -- Conscription -- State military education and elite civil education -- Military culture and late Ottoman society -- The military academy and staff college -- Modern infrastructure -- Ottoman sons become saviors of the nation -- Civilian politicians and civil school graduates -- Conclusions -- 2) The theory and practice of colonialism in the post-Ottoman Middle East -- Wartime arrangements and proclamations -- The Paris Peace Conference and post-war negotiations -- The San Remo Conference and the Treaty of S·res -- The League of Nations and Anglo-French colonialism in the Middle East -- Mandate governance in practice -- The mandate in Palestine -- The mandate in Syria and Lebanon -- The mandate in Iraq and Transjordan -- Conclusions -- 3) Losing the war and fighting the settlement : the post-Ottoman Middle East takes shape, 1918-1922 -- The Battle of Nablus and the end of the Ottoman Empire -- Allenby and Faysal in Da 
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