War by Revolution. Germany and Great Britain in the Middle East in the Era of World War I

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    Thought,170-82,193-209;andTignor,291-97.
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    khedive'smuch-publicizedIslamicpracticeswasanAmericanofficerwhohadvisited
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    30.Therevolution,whichbeganinMacedonia,forcedAbdul-Hamidtorestore
    the 1876constitutionandrecalltheparliament,whichhadbeendissolvedin 1877.
    TheYoungTurkmovementhademergedinthe1880sandspreadparticularlyamong
    intellectualsandyoungerarmyofficers. SeeFerozAhmad,TheYoungTurks: The
    CommitteeofUnionandPress inTurkishPolitics,I90S-I9I4,chapterI;Ernest
    EdmondsonRamsaur,Jr.,TheYoungTurks:PreludetotheRevolutionofI90S;Lord
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    31.Ahmad,YoungTurks,24-91;andc.].LoweandM.L.Dockrill,The Mirageof
    Power,vol.I,BritishForeign Policy,I902-I4,80-86.Austria-Hungaryhadcompleted
    itsannexationoftheOttomanprovincesofBosniaandHerzegovinaduringthe
    Bosniancrisis,andRussiathreatenedtosecurechangesin its favor intheOttoman
    administrationoftheBlack Seastraits.Accordingtopreviousinternationaltreaties,
    thestraitswereopentocommercialnavigationbutclosedto allnon-Turkishwar-
    ships.AlsoduringtheBosniancrisis,BulgariadeclareditsindependencefromTur-
    key,andCreteproclaimeditsdecisiontounitewithGreece.
    32.Curiously,undertheguidanceofLowtherandthedragomanattheembassy,
    GeraldFitzmaurice,BritishofficialsviewedtheYoungTurksasinfluencedby Free-
    masonsandJewsengagedin aconspiracytoimposeontheOttomanEmpireanalien
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    33.Heller,34-37· In reality,accordingtoLandau,73-74,86-88,beforeWorldWar
    Ipan-IslamismenjoyedonlylukewarmsupportfromtheYoungTurks.Above all,

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