| Description |
xv, 460 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"First published in the United Kingdom by Penguin Books Ltd. 2010"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-426) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: The view from Haydarpasha -- The kaiser, the baron and the dragoman -- Berlin to Baghdad -- Young Turks and old caliphs -- A gift from Mars : German holy war fever -- The war for the porte -- The first global jihad : death to infidels everywhere! (unless they be Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, Americans or - possibly - Italians) -- Parting the Red Sea -- An Austrian in Arabia -- Showdown at the Suez Canal -- Gallipoli : from disaster to triumph -- The blood of the Prophet -- The Shia stratagem -- To the gates of India -- Trouble on the Baghdad Railway -- The reluctant Mahdi -- Iranian implosion -- Betrayal in Mecca -- The holy war devours its children -- Consolation prize? : the race for Baku -- Epilogue: The strange death of German Zionism and the Nazi-Muslim connection. |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Turkey.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Islamic countries.
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Jihad.
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Jihad. |
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Germany -- Foreign relations -- 1888-1918.
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Germany. |
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International relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1888-1918 |
| Subject |
Geopolitics -- Germany -- History.
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Geopolitics. |
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History. |
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Germany -- Foreign relations -- Turkey.
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Turkey. |
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Turkey -- Foreign relations -- Germany.
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| Added Title |
Ottoman Empire and Germany's bid for world power |
| ISBN |
9780674057395 cloth alkaline paper |
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0674057392 cloth alkaline paper |
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