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bogfinchgirl's review against another edition
1.0
I had so much hope for this book. Iāve been reading Robert Massieās books and thought āGee, what happened to the Ottomans? They were such a powerful force.ā From the title and the book jacket synopsis, I thought Iād found the perfect book. But then I started to read the text. After forcing myself through sentences such as āAnd the famous Hatt-1-Humayan, or Reform Edict, of 1856, issued even while foreign troops still blanketed Constantinople, was so obviously shaped by European influence that it aroused more resentment than appreciation among Ottoman Muslims, many of whom were not sure why they had fought and died in a war so as to forfeit their legal supremacy over Christians, and - in one of the most notable reforms - to allow church bells to ring in Constantinople for the first time in centuries.ā I realized I just do not care for this authorās writing style.
auspea's review against another edition
4.0
Very good history of the final years of the Ottoman Empire. Mr. McMeekin provides insights into the dynamics of the genesis of the Middle East as we know it today.
oleksandr's review against another edition
4.0
short introduction to the fall of ottomans and raise of Turkey
natlib91's review against another edition
1.0
conventional military/diplomatic narrative history, up until around the halfway point, where we encounter a short chapter in which the armenian genocide is justified / explained away. avoid