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This work is a comprehensive guide to understanding the Arab world's evolution and significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Damascus Events\u003c\/strong\u003e provides a nuanced account of the tumultuous and historical occurrences within Damascus, offering a singular perspective on this vibrant city that has been at the heart of regional change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Fall of the Ottomans\u003c\/strong\u003e meticulously chronicles the decline of the Ottoman Empire, shedding light on its far-reaching impacts during World War I and the reshaping of the modern Middle East. Rogan’s narrative is both enlightening and accessible, making complex historical narratives approachable for all readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStep into Eugene Rogan’s collection for an enlightening journey through Middle Eastern history and military affairs, gaining insights into the forces that have shaped today's world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-arabs-by-eugene-rogan-9780141986548","title":"The Arabs","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary story of the Arab world, from defeat and colonisation to independence and astonishing wealth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEugene Rogan has written an authoritative new history of the Arabs in the modern world. Starting with the Ottoman conquests in the sixteenth century, this landmark book follows the story of the Arabs through the era of European imperialism and the Superpower rivalries of the Cold War, to the present age of unipolar American power. Drawing on the writings and eyewitness accounts of those who lived through the tumultuous years of Arab history, \u003cem\u003eThe Arabs\u003c\/em\u003e balances different voices - politicians, intellectuals, students, men and women, poets and novelists, famous, infamous and the completely unknown - to give a rich, complex sense of life over nearly five centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRogan's book is remarkable for its geographical sweep, covering the Arab world from North Africa through the Arabian Peninsula, and for the depth in which it explores every facet of modern Arab history. Charting the evolution of Arab identity from Ottomanism to Arabism to Islamism, it covers themes including the conflict between national independence and foreign domination, the Arab-Israeli struggle and the peace process, Abdel Nasser and the rise of Arab Nationalism, the political and economic power of oil and the conflict between secular and Islamic values.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46337793884396,"sku":"9780141986548","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14667463482238.jpg?v=1743719564"},{"product_id":"the-fall-of-the-ottomans-by-eugene-rogan-9780141999074","title":"The Fall of the Ottomans","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe final destruction of the Ottoman Empire - one of the great epics of the First World War\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEugene 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 Ottoman decision to join the First World War on the side of the Central Powers, the British, French, and Russians hatched a plan to finish the Ottomans off — an ambitious and unprecedented invasion of Gallipoli.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fall of the Ottomans\u003c\/em\u003e provides an essential understanding of this crucial period in history, offering insights into the strategies, battles, and political manoeuvres that ultimately led to the end of the Ottoman Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46337810071788,"sku":"9780141999074","price":32.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14792723482238.jpg?v=1743720076"},{"product_id":"the-damascus-events-by-eugene-rogan-9780241646908","title":"The Damascus Events","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dramatic history of a massacre in Damascus, and the collapse of the old Ottoman world order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable book recreates one of the watershed moments in the history of the Middle East—the ferocious outbreaks of disorder across the Levant in 1860, which resulted in the massacre of thousands of Christians in Damascus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEugene Rogan brilliantly recreates the lost world of the Middle East under Ottoman rule. The once mighty empire was under pressure from global economic change and European imperial expansion. Reforms in the mid-nineteenth century raised tensions across the empire, nowhere more so than in Damascus. A multifarious city linked by caravan trade to Baghdad, the Mediterranean, and Mecca, the chaos of languages, customs, and beliefs made Damascus a warily tolerant place. Until the reforms began to advantage the minority Christian community at the expense of the Muslim majority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut in 1860, people who had generally lived side by side for generations became bitter enemies as news of civil war in Mount Lebanon arrived in the city. Under the threat of a French expeditionary force, the Ottomans dealt with the disaster effectively and ruthlessly—but the old, generally quite tolerant Damascene world lay in ruins. 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