The Ottoman Peoples and the End of Empire (Historical Endings) - Softcover

'Aiming to challenge common notions and ideas, the is highly argumentative, something also reflected in its style. The book forces one to reflect again on the merits and faults of the world order versus the old one, and shows that what seems human progress is sometimes gained only with considerable, and unnecessary, sacrifice.' Middle East Journal

Historian Justin McCarthy tells the story of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and how this changed the lives of Slavs, Turks, Greeks, Arabs, and Armenians. The history has striking parallels, as well as direct links, to the crises in the Balkans today. For six centuries the Ottoman Empire united a diverse array of religious and ethnic groups, but its dissolution into distinct states left a tradition of nationalism and ethnic enmity in much of the Balkans and Middle East.