{"product_id":"sea-of-troubles-the-european-conquest-of-the-islamic-mediterranean-and-the-origins-of-the-first-world-war-9780863569500","title":"Sea of Troubles: The European Conquest of the Islamic Mediterranean and the Origins of the First World War","description":"In the second half of the eighteenth century, approximately three quarters of the Mediterranean coastline and its hinterlands were controlled by a vast Islamic power, the centuries-old Ottoman Empire. However, by the end of the First World War in November 1918, this great civilization-once regarded by Christian Europe with awe and fear-had been completely subjugated, its territories occupied by European powers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe history of imperialism in the Mediterranean involves not one but six European powers-Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Austria-Hungary, and Russia- jostling for control of the trade, lands, and wealth of those they saw as the existential \"other.\" The competition between these states made their conquest of the Islamic Mediterranean a far more difficult and extended task than they encountered elsewhere in the world. Yet, as new contenders entered the contest, and as the rivalries in the Mediterranean intensified in the early twentieth century, events would spiral out of control as the continent headed towards the First World War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against a background of intense imperial rivalry, \u003ci\u003eSea of Troubles \u003c\/i\u003eis the first definitive account of the European conquest of the Levant and North Africa in the last three centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRutledge, Ian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ian Rutledge is an economist and historian, who previously taught at the Universities of London and Sheffield. Rutledge has devoted the past two decades to researching the economic and political history of the Middle East. His other works include \u003ci\u003eEnemy on the Euphrates: The Battle for Iraq, 1914-192\u003c\/i\u003e1 (also by Saqi Books) and \u003ci\u003eAddicted to Oil: America's Relentless Drive for Energy Security\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Saqi Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648926060818,"sku":"9780863569500","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b536df8c-bec0-47ce-a997-38257c1d6028.jpg?v=1733252972","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sea-of-troubles-the-european-conquest-of-the-islamic-mediterranean-and-the-origins-of-the-first-world-war-9780863569500","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}