From the Ashes of War

In ‘From the Ashes of War: The Creation of the Middle East’ Christopher Catherwood explores this question, challenging the modern assumption that the 1916 pact is to blame, and instead providing evidence that the military achievements of Western Europe in the First World War were much more crucial to the final reformation of the defeated Ottoman Empire.

‘From the Ashes of War: The Creation of the Middle East’ is a concise, brilliantly argued historical study that will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the modern Middle East.