02151nam a22003138a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002400224082001700248100003500265245014200300264005200442300005900494336002600553337002600579338003600605500007300641520099800714776003501712856007101747999001901818CR9780511762017UkCbUP20180107143412.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||100506s2011||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9780511762017 (ebook)  z9780521195539 (hardback)  z9780521149167 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aDR479.R9 bR49 201100a940.3/562221 aReynolds, Michael A.,eauthor.10aShattering Empires :bThe Clash and Collapse of the Ottoman and Russian Empires 1908–1918 / [electronic resource]cMichael A. Reynolds. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2011.  a1 online resource (340 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aThe break-up of the Ottoman empire and the disintegration of the Russian empire were watershed events in modern history. The unravelling of these empires was both cause and consequence of World War I and resulted in the deaths of millions. It irrevocably changed the landscape of the Middle East and Eurasia and reverberates to this day in conflicts throughout the Caucasus and Middle East. Shattering Empires draws on extensive research in the Ottoman and Russian archives to tell the story of the rivalry and collapse of two great empires. Overturning accounts that portray their clash as one of conflicting nationalisms, this pioneering study argues that geopolitical competition and the emergence of a new global interstate order provide the key to understanding the course of history in the Ottoman-Russian borderlands in the twentieth century. It will appeal to those interested in Middle Eastern, Russian, and Eurasian history, international relations, ethnic conflict, and World War I.08iPrint version: z978052119553940uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511762017zCambridge Books Online  c236486d236486