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          Michael Provence teaches modern Middle East history, focusing on the 20th century Arab East....

          Michael Provence teaches Middle East history at the Department of History, University of California, San Diego.

        1. Michael Provence, most popular, The Last Ottoman Generation and the Making of the Modern Middle East, out of 5 stars.
        2. Michael Provence teaches modern Middle East history, focusing on the 20th century Arab East.
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          5. Michael Provence.The Last Ottoman Generation and the Making of the Modern Middle East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. $ (cloth), ISBN ; $ (paper), ISBN

          Reviewed by Lucien J.

          Frary (Rider Universiry)
          Published on H-War (August, )
          Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air War College)

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          Michael Provence’s new book presents an original thesis concerning the Ottoman Empire and the origins of the modern Middle East.

          By focusing on a generation of men who matriculated at prestigious military academies at the turn of the century, the book highlights the continuity between the leadership of the late Ottoman Empire and the Middle East mandates as they moved towards independence during the interwar years.

          The book demonstrates that the Ottoman elite, in their efforts to remain competitive, experienced many of the same growing pains as Western leaders. The emphasis on state military training as a vehicle for modernizing helps explain the res