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Jihad - The Ottomans and the Allies 1914-1922 (Hardcover)
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Jihad - The Ottomans and the Allies 1914-1922 (Hardcover)
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The tragic news of the ISIS-inspired massacres in Europe and
countless other locations throughout the Middle East, in
conjunction with the failed political coup against Erdogan in
Turkey, have raised the spectre of an ideological struggle that is
more than a century old. As the West struggles with the
consequences and implications of its 'War on Terror', parallels
with this earlier jihad become manifest. The sprawling Ottoman
Empire was at the point of dissolution by November 1914 when she
declared a Holy War against the Allied Powers and threw in her lot
with Germany. It was a disastrous decision that set in chain a
series of cataclysmic events, which culminated in the demise of an
ancient regime and the emergence of a modern, secular republic. The
first jihad in the Arab world since the Crusades was to continue
long after the Armistice of 1918, as the defeated empire faced a
triumphalist Greece, supported by Britain, seeking to re-establish
hegemony over Anatolia. This caused outrage throughout the Muslim
world, threatened British paramountcy in India, and fractured
diplomatic relations with close allies and the unity of her empire.
Confronted with the indefatigable resistance of one man, Kemal
Ataturk, Greek dreams ended in ashes, whilst the stubborn support
of Lloyd George for Britain's ally resulted in his own political
extinction. It is a warning from history, including as it does
ethnic cleansing, pogroms, regime change and political hubris. It
is a story of steely determination and dogged bravery in the face
of brazen territorial expansionism. It is also the history of the
first modern jihad.
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