War, Violence, and Apocalyptic-Millenarianism in the Middle East: Talat Pasha and the Foundation of Modern Turkey, 1874-1921

该项目考虑了1908年的青年土耳其革命，奥斯曼帝国加入轴心国一方的第一次世界大战，以及随后在广泛的国际背景下奥斯曼帝国的灭亡。本书探讨了一些具有深刻分析意义的问题——国家形成、政治暴力和种族灭绝——以及这些因素之间的关系。它特别关注大维齐尔塔拉特帕夏，他是现代土耳其民族国家的创始人，也是亚美尼亚种族灭绝的策划者。这段历史对于当代理解土耳其和中东今天面临的最具争议的问题——库尔德冲突、亚美尼亚问题、巴勒斯坦问题——至关重要。

This project considers the Young Turk Revolution of 1908, the Ottoman entry into the First World War on the side of the Axis powers, and the subsequent demise of the Ottoman Empire in a broad international context. It addresses matters of deep analytical import - state formation, political violence, and genocide - and the relationship between these elements. It focuses in particular on the Grand Vizir, Talat Pasha, the founder of the modern Turkish nation-state, and the architect of the Armenian genocide. This history is essential for a contemporary understanding of the most controversial problems - the Kurdish conflict, the Armenian question, Palestine - facing Turkey and the Middle East today.