Book Review: Facing the Victorious Turks: How the French Misread the Turkish War of Independence

Military History |

Author: Andrew Orr

| Dr. Michael S. Neiberg, chair of war studies, US Army War College
 
After World War I, French officials viewed the Middle East through a lens of Orientalism and imperial anxiety, leading them to misinterpret the rise of Turkish nationalism. In this gripping study, Andrew Orr reveals how flawed intelligence and racial biases shaped France’s response to Mustafa Kemal’s revolutionary movement. Facing the Victorious Turks offers a compelling reexamination of colonial misjudgment and its impact on the birth of modern Türkiye.
 

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Keywords: World War I, allied powers, nationalism, imperialism, intelligence