The first English-language biography of the de facto ruler of the late Ottoman Empire and architect of the Armenian Genocide
Hans-Lukas Kieser is associate professor in the Centre for the Study of Violence at the University of Newcastle in Australia and adjunct professor of history at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. His many books include Nearest East: American Millennialism and Mission to the Middle East; The End of the Ottomans; and Turkey beyond Nationalism.
"This is an extremely important book that not only fills a large
gap in the existing scholarship but also introduces new
perspectives on the Armenian Genocide. It is a must-read for anyone
who wishes to understand late Ottoman history and the Committee of
Union and Progress, which organized the genocide against the
Christians during First World War."--Taner Ak�am, author of A
Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish
Responsibility
"His book is invaluable, offering a bigger picture than Ak�am's,
both of the events that prefigured the massacres of 1915-1917 and
of the war. The view from Talaat Pasha's desk gives a perspective
that would be hard to beat."---Mark Mazower, New York Review of
Books
"A highly valuable model of the use of biography in the service of
history and the social sciences. Kieser's careful reading of the
Armenian Genocide offers precious keys to understanding the process
of the Islamization and Turkification of the late Ottoman
Empire."--Hamit Bozarslan, author of Violence in the Middle East:
From Political Struggle to Self-Sacrifice
"In this brilliant book, Kieser moves the architect of Ottoman
imperial nationalism and the Armenian Genocide to center stage in
the European drama. This is the first scholarly biography of a man
both revered by the beneficiaries and reviled by the victims of his
drive to save an empire, only to preside over its demise."--Ronald
Grigor Suny, author of "They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere
Else": A History of the Armenian Genocide
"This long-awaited biography is very timely and masterfully
executed. Kieser reinstates Talaat Pasha as a major statesman of
twentieth-century European and world history."--Stefan Ihrig,
author of Justifying Genocide: Germany and the Armenians from
Bismarck to Hitler
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