Al Jazeeras new mini-series, WORLD WAR ONE THROUGH ARAB EYES, - TopicsExpress



          

Al Jazeeras new mini-series, WORLD WAR ONE THROUGH ARAB EYES, starts, quiet logically, with THE ARABS. Its really weird hearing this point of view, since to Western History the Ottoman Empire got involved for a really clear reason- a status boost, both internal (nationalism among its constituent non-Turkish ethnicities was on a sharp rise, and when your country is, like, 70% not-you, that can be a problem, and a war helps...clarify a nations identity) and external (the loss of the Balkans some 5 years earlier was still a sore spot, and they werent modernizing fast enough, becoming the Sick Man of Europe. Along with Russia and the Dual Monarchy).
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:30:32 +0000

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