The Fall of the OttomansThe final destruction of the Ottoman Empire one of the great epics of the First World War Eugene Rogan's remarkable book recreates one of the most important but poorly understood fronts of the First World War. For four centuries, the Ottoman Empire had been one of the most powerful states in Europe as well as ruler of the Middle East. By 1914, it had been drastically weakened and circled by numerous predators waiting to finish it off. Following the