"Gallipoli & the Middle East 1914-1918" provides a detailed guide to the background and conduct of World War I in all the theaters in which Ottoman forces were engaged. It is illustrated with more than 200 images, detailing the opposing forces, leading commanders, and the key battles of the campaigns. At the outset of World War I, the Ottoman Empire was dubbed the 'Sick Man of Europe, ' but it still controlled significant parts of the Middle East. This volume chronicles the struggle for lands held by the Ottomans since the 1400s. The war re-ignited Russiaś long-standing ambition for Ottoman territory-but the 1917 Revolution dissipated Russian forces in the region, eventually leading to the 'Army of Islam' ousting the British-led defenders from oil-rich Baku. The British had better luck in Mesopotamia and Palestine. But the defining struggle in this theater was Gallipoli-ultimately a hollow victory for the Ottomans, in that, while it marked the end of European supremacy in the region, foreshadowed the collapse of the Empire itself.