The Committee of Union and Progress try to re-establish their authority over the Ottoman Empire, but they are having difficulty holding their own ranks together, all the while trying to tame the army.

Episode 4: Stumble and Struggle

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

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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

The History of the Balkans from 1876 to 1912

Episode 9: A Damn Fool Thing in the Balkans

The history of the Ottoman Balkans, from the 18th century up to the 1870s.

Episode 8: The Age of Liberation

Italy declares war on the Ottomans while the CUP struggles to survive.

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.

Episode 4: Stumble and Struggle

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