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 enduri[...]

Now fully updated to cover the Arab Spring, Eugene Rogan has written an authoritative new history of the Arabs in the modern world. Starting with the Ottoman conquests in the sixteenth century, this landmark book follows the story of the Arabs through the era of European imperialism and the Superpow[...]

The final destruction of the Ottoman Empire - one of the great epics of the First World War, from bestselling historian Eugene Rogan. For some four centuries the Ottoman Empire had been one of the most powerful states in Europe as well as ruler of the Middle East. By 1914 it had been drastically wea[...]

Standardverket om arabernes liv og historie Den anerkjente britiske arabisten Eugene Rogan har levert et moderne standardverk om det arabiske folks moderne historie. I Araberne følger vi statsmenn, forfattere, opprørsledere og vanlige folk, i stor grad basert på forfatterens unike kildetilfang, i[...]