Talaat Pasha: Father of Modern Turkey, Architect of Genocide

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The first English-language biography of the de facto ruler of the late Ottoman Empire and architect of the Armenian Genocide Talaat Pasha (1874-1921) led the triumvirate that ruled the late Ottoman Empire during World War I and is arguably the father of modern Turkey. He was also the architect of the Armenian Genocide, which would result in the

Hans-Lukas Kieser is associate professor in the School of Humanities and Social Science 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, World War I and the End of the Ottomans: From the Balkan Wars to the Armenian Genocide, and Turkey beyond Nationalism.

"His book is invaluable, offering a bigger picture than Akcam'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 "This brilliant portrait of Talaat Pasha is in a league of its own. . . . This detailed, well-researched account of his life re-establishes Talaat Pasha as a key figure during the first decades of the 20th Century."---Lisa Kaaki, Arab News "Kieser's book has fulfilled a very significant gap in the literature."---Mehmet Polatel, Europe Now "Kieser's book is a masterpiece."---Ephraim Nissan, Quaderni di Studi Indo-Mediterranei