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title: "The Ottoman Empire: A Short History Paperback – January 1, 2009"
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# The Ottoman Empire: A Short History Paperback – January 1, 2009

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Brilliant Introduction to a Complex History
*by M***R on September 10, 2013*

It is extremely rare to find a history that not only artfully covers the subject matter, but also points out the important areas that remain virtually blank. Suraiya Faroqhi achieves a short synthesis of Ottoman history that places her work among the classic studies by Inalcik and Wittek. As artfully as any Osmanli, she provides an extremely balanced overview of the development of Ottoman empire throughout its entire existence. This is, by far, the best introduction out there. Her nuanced style means that her work, in spite of its brevity, deserves a very careful reading. Such care will be richly rewarded in both additional insight and understanding of this complex empire and its successor.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Sin Is Omission
*by J***N on November 2, 2011*

What is written in this book is clear and I trust accurate by comparison with other reading, but the author simply doesn't address some of the less civilized behaviors of the sultans and the army. For example, the full nature of how the sultans disposed of other potential heirs to the throne, wives with whom they were displeased, and political rivals isn't adequately presented. Nor is the full scope of the genocide of the Armenians. The way it is addressed in this book is almost as if to say something happened but it was the Armenians' fault - the Ottomans simply responded reasonably albeit heavyhandedly to a problem. Still, a clearly written survey of a long standing empire not well known in today's US.

### ⭐⭐⭐ "An expanded outline"
*by L***T on August 17, 2012*

This booklet seems to provide some insights absent from, say, Kinross's "The Ottoman Centuries", and in its highly condensed form it provides a digestible overview and framework for fuller accounts of the long and eventful evolution of the Ottoman Empire. So, as a companion to more substantial books (which are too few for such a significant chunk of history and geography), it is useful. It is, however, far too sketchy to stand alone. The maps are helpful. The index, in common with those of most books, is inadequate, so that relocating people, places, and events in the text is hit and miss; this, of course, detracts from the book's utility.

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