The Ottomans are blindsided by the Christian states of the Balkans while still fighting a war against Italy, and the Great Powers don’t seem to care to much about maintaining the old balance of power.BibliographyThe Young Turks: The Committee of Union and Progress in Turkish Politics, 1908-14, Feroz AhmadThe Emergence of Modern Turkey; Third Edition, Bernard LewisThe Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923, Sean McMeekinThe Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, Eugene RoganThe Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire, Alan PalmerThe Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-1999, Misha GlennyA History of the Balkans, Ferdinand SchevillThe Serbs: The Guardians of the Gate, R.G.D. Laffan

The Ottomans are blindsided by the Christian states of the Balkans while still fighting a war against Italy, and the Great Powers don’t seem to care to much about maintaining the old balance of power.BibliographyThe Young Turks: The Committee of Union and Progress in Turkish Politics, 1908-14, Feroz AhmadThe Emergence of Modern Turkey; Third Edition, Bernard LewisThe Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923, Sean McMeekinThe Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, Eugene RoganThe Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire, Alan PalmerThe Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-1999, Misha GlennyA History of the Balkans, Ferdinand SchevillThe Serbs: The Guardians of the Gate, R.G.D. Laffan

Episode 10: The Balkan Wars

SPONSOR:https://www.audibletrial.com/hmme Bibliography History of the Balkans, Volume I: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Barbara Jelavich 

SPONSOR:<a href="https://www.audibletrial.com/hmme" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.audibletrial.com/hmme</a> Bibliography History of the Balkans, Volume I: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Barbara Jelavich

Episode 9: A Damn Fool Thing in the Balkans

We backtrack the narrative again to cover the history of the Balkans from the late 18th century up to the 1870s. Bibliography The Rise of Nationalism in the Balkans, Wesley m. Gewehr History of the Balkans, Volume I: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Barbara Jelavich  

We backtrack the narrative again to cover the history of the Balkans from the late 18th century up to the 1870s. Bibliography The Rise of Nationalism in the Balkans, Wesley m. Gewehr History of the Balkans, Volume I: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Barbara Jelavich

Episode 8: The Age of Liberation

BibliographyLibya, John WrightItalo-Turkish Diplomacy and the War Over Libya 1911-1912, Timothy W. ChildsOsman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire, by Caroline FinkelThe Young Turks: The Committee of Union and Progress in Turkish Politics, 1908-1914, Feroz AhmadThe Ottoman Endgame: War Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923, Sean McMeekin

BibliographyLibya, John WrightItalo-Turkish Diplomacy and the War Over Libya 1911-1912, Timothy W. ChildsOsman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire, by Caroline FinkelThe Young Turks: The Committee of Union and Progress in Turkish Politics, 1908-1914, Feroz AhmadThe Ottoman Endgame: War Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923, Sean McMeekin

Episode 7: The Tripolitanian War

We look at the history of Libya between the end of the Qaramanli Dynasty in 1835 and the Tripolitanian War in 1911. BibliographyLibya, John WrightNorth Africa 1800-1900: A Survey from the Nile Valley to the Atlantic, Magali MorsyA History of Modern Libya, Dirk VandewalleItalo-Turkish Diplomacy and the War Over Libya 1911-1912, Timothy W. Childs

We look at the history of Libya between the end of the Qaramanli Dynasty in 1835 and the Tripolitanian War in 1911. BibliographyLibya, John WrightNorth Africa 1800-1900: A Survey from the Nile Valley to the Atlantic, Magali MorsyA History of Modern Libya, Dirk VandewalleItalo-Turkish Diplomacy and the War Over Libya 1911-1912, Timothy W. Childs

Episode 6: Ottomans and Sanussis

In this episode we backtrack the narrative two centuries to when the Qaramanli Dynasty came to power in Tripoli, and how they engaged in a campaign of piracy that eventually lead to their demise.  BibliographyCaptives: Britain, Empire, and the World, 1600-1850, Linda ColleyLibya, John WrightNorth Africa 1800-1900: A Survey from the Nile Valley to the Atlantic, Magali MorsyA History of Modern Libya, Dirk VandewallePower, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776-Present, Michael B. OrenThomas Jefferson’s Quran: Islam and the Founders, Denise A. SpellbergThomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger

In this episode we backtrack the narrative two centuries to when the Qaramanli Dynasty came to power in Tripoli, and how they engaged in a campaign of piracy that eventually lead to their demise.  BibliographyCaptives: Britain, Empire, and the World, 1600-1850, Linda ColleyLibya, John WrightNorth Africa 1800-1900: A Survey from the Nile Valley to the Atlantic, Magali MorsyA History of Modern Libya, Dirk VandewallePower, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776-Present, Michael B. OrenThomas Jefferson’s Quran: Islam and the Founders, Denise A. SpellbergThomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger

Episode 5: Qaramanlis and Corsairs

In this episode, the Committee of Union and Progress try to re-establish their authority over what is left of the Ottoman Empire, but they are having difficulty holding their own ranks together, all the while trying to tame the army. BibliographyOsman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire, by Caroline FinkelThe Young Turks: The Committee of Union and Progress in Turkish Politics, 1908-1914, Feroz AhmadThe Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire, Alan PalmerA Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East, David FromkinThe Emergence of Modern Turkey: Third Edition, Bernard LewisThe Ottoman Endgame: War Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923, Sean McMeekin

In this episode, the Committee of Union and Progress try to re-establish their authority over what is left of the Ottoman Empire, but they are having difficulty holding their own ranks together, all the while trying to tame the army. BibliographyOsman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire, by Caroline FinkelThe Young Turks: The Committee of Union and Progress in Turkish Politics, 1908-1914, Feroz AhmadThe Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire, Alan PalmerA Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East, David FromkinThe Emergence of Modern Turkey: Third Edition, Bernard LewisThe Ottoman Endgame: War Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923, Sean McMeekin

Episode 4: Stumble and Struggle

BibliographyThe Arabs in History: Revised Edition, Bernard LewisThe Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2000 Years, Bernard LewisA History of the Arab Peoples, Albert HouraniGod's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215, David Levering LewisA Concise History of the Middle East: Tenth Edition, Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. and Lawrence DavidsonDestiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes, Tamim Ansary

BibliographyThe Arabs in History: Revised Edition, Bernard LewisThe Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2000 Years, Bernard LewisA History of the Arab Peoples, Albert HouraniGod's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215, David Levering LewisA Concise History of the Middle East: Tenth Edition, Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. and Lawrence DavidsonDestiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes, Tamim Ansary

Appendix B1: The Rise of Islam

In this episode we look at the Young Turk Revolution of 1908, and the attempted counter Revolution of 1909.   BibliographyOsman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire, by Caroline FinkelThe Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923, Sean McMeekinThe Young Turks: The Committee of Union and Progress in Turkish Politics 1908-1914, by Feroz AhmadThe Emergence of Modern Turkey: Third Edition, by Bernard Lewis

In this episode we look at the Young Turk Revolution of 1908, and the attempted counter Revolution of 1909.  BibliographyOsman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire, by Caroline FinkelThe Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923, Sean McMeekinThe Young Turks: The Committee of Union and Progress in Turkish Politics 1908-1914, by Feroz AhmadThe Emergence of Modern Turkey: Third Edition, by Bernard Lewis

Episode 3: Coups and Counter Coups

The Young Turks and Sultan Abdul Hamid II prepare to face off for the fate of the Ottoman Empire. BibliographyThe Emergence of Modern Turkey, Third Edition, by Bernard LewisA Peace to End All Peace, by David FromkinPower, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present, by Michael B. OrenThe Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire, by Alan PalmerThe Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923, by Sean McMeekinOsman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire, Caroline FinkelPreparing for a Revolution: The Young Turks, 1902-1908, by M. Sukru Hanioglu Permalink

The Young Turks and Sultan Abdul Hamid II prepare to face off for the fate of the Ottoman Empire. BibliographyThe Emergence of Modern Turkey, Third Edition, by Bernard LewisA Peace to End All Peace, by David FromkinPower, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present, by Michael B. OrenThe Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire, by Alan PalmerThe Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923, by Sean McMeekinOsman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire, Caroline FinkelPreparing for a Revolution: The Young Turks, 1902-1908, by M. Sukru Hanioglu <a href="https://www.historyofthemodernmiddleeast.com/episodes/2018/1/29/episode-2-the-eve-of-revolution" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Permalink</a>

Episode 2: The Eve of Revolution

This is the story of the Modern Middle East, from the Young Turks to ISIS.

Okay so as a fellow uni student (International Relations and Arabic at St Andrews) I just want to say your pronunciation is really bad, like it’s cringey to hear you say some names. I really love podcasts and history, big fan of Dan Carlin obviously, Martyr Made and lots of others. I have been searching for a good podcast on Middle Eastern History, not fussy about periodization and while I actually think your podcast does provide a decent cover of the topic; you don’t even have a BA in history and so your familiarity and ease at dealing with history as an academic discipline is not great. And look mine is not great either but the fact that you didn’t mention Edward Said and Orientalism at all in the syllabus episode is concerning. It just feels like you haven’t engaged with many experts. You should be careful to present whose ideas you are speaking and speak about the different historical ideas and how they’re constructed.

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The narrator reads so fast it’s impossible to do anything but sit and concentrate on why he’s saying... really wish it was slower!  My favorite subject, but just can’t Handel his speed!

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History of the Modern Middle East - Casual Historian

In this episode, we look at the history of the Ottoman Empire's decline from the reign of Selim III up to the 20th century, and the attempts at political and economic reform.  BibliographyBernard Lewis, What Went Wrong?Peter Mansfield, A History of the Middle EastTamin Ansary, Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic EyesArthur Goldschmidt Jr. and Lawrence Davidson, A Concise History of the Middle East, Tenth EditionMichael B. Oren, Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the PresentAlan Palmer, The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman EmpireCaroline Finkel, Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire

In this episode, we look at the history of the Ottoman Empire's decline from the reign of Selim III up to the 20th century, and the attempts at political and economic reform.  <h2>Bibliography</h2>Bernard Lewis, What Went Wrong?Peter Mansfield, A History of the Middle EastTamin Ansary, Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic EyesArthur Goldschmidt Jr. and Lawrence Davidson, A Concise History of the Middle East, Tenth EditionMichael B. Oren, Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the PresentAlan Palmer, The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman EmpireCaroline Finkel, Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire

Episode 1: The Sick Man and His Medicine

Episode 2 covers the history of the Ottoman Empire, from the conquest of Constantinople, through the reign of Suliman the Magnificent. BibliographyBernard Lewis, Islam and the West, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993)Bernad Lewis, The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2000 Years, (New York: Simon &amp; Schuster, 1995)Caroline Finkel, Osman’s Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire, (New York: Basic Books, 2005)Carter Vaughn Findley, The Turks in World History, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005)Hugh Kennedy, Caliphate: The History of an Idea, (New York: Basic Books, 2016)Roger Crowley, 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople, and the Clash of Islam and the West, (New York: Hyperion, 2005)Tamim Ansary, Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes, (New York: Public Affairs, 2009)

Episode 2 covers the history of the Ottoman Empire, from the conquest of Constantinople, through the reign of Suliman the Magnificent. BibliographyBernard Lewis, Islam and the West, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993)Bernad Lewis, The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2000 Years, (New York: Simon &amp; Schuster, 1995)Caroline Finkel, Osman’s Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire, (New York: Basic Books, 2005)Carter Vaughn Findley, The Turks in World History, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005)Hugh Kennedy, Caliphate: The History of an Idea, (New York: Basic Books, 2016)Roger Crowley, 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople, and the Clash of Islam and the West, (New York: Hyperion, 2005)Tamim Ansary, Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes, (New York: Public Affairs, 2009)

Appendix A2: Pax Ottomanica 

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