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Title: Definitely not... scholarly
Review: I feel compelled to write a critical review of this book after reading the positive reviews it has been receiving from readers here, one of whom actually refers to it as "scholarly". Far from it. The book contains no bibliography and very few footnotes. The writing style is simplistic, sometimes even pedantic, and the presentation of topics and viewpoints, particularly coming towards the modern era, ranges from slightly to flagrantly biased. The ethnic conflicts of the nineteenth century are blamed entirely on Russian imperialism, the Ottoman Empire "had no choice" but to ally with Germany in the First World War, the tragic plight of ethnically cleansed Muslim populations is discussed in detail but that of Christians is not mentioned or glossed over as military necessity etc. This is a great book only if you are looking for a naively composed compilation of various sorts of post-Ottoman apologism.
