The Ottoman endgame: war, revolution, and the making of the modern Middle East, 1908-1923

The Sykes-Picot myth and the modern Middle East

Prologue : September 7, 1876

The sick man of Europe. The sick patient ; Radical surgery : the young Turks ; The jackals pounce ; Searching for an ally

The War of 1914 : Turkey plays its hand. Manna from Mars : the arrival of SMS Goeben ; The battle for Ottoman belligerence ; Basra, Sarıkamış, and Suez ; Dardanelles ; Gallipoli ; Massacre in Turkish Armenia ; A cold winter for the British Empire ; Erzurum and Kut ; Double bluff : Ottoman holy war and Arab revolt ; Russia's moment ; Turning the Arabs ; Brest-Litovsk : the poisoned chalice

Death and rebirth. Mudros ; Sèvres ; Sakarya ; Smyrna ; Lausanne and the Ottoman legacy.