December 3, 1999

A Revisionist Ottoman History Shifts Blame for Today's Conflicts

By JEFF SHARLET

Scholars unearth documents to argue that Arab leaders, not Western imperialists, were key players in creating the modern Middle East

The Ottoman Empire, once known as "the sick man of Europe," breathed its last more than seven decades ago.

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