Talaat Pasha (1874-1921) led the Young Turks' single-party regime in the Ottoman Empire during
World War I and is arguably a founding father of modern Turkey. He was also the architect of
the Armenian Genocide which set the stage for a century that would witness political terror
and ethnic cleansing on a scale never imagined. Here is the first biography in English of the
revolutionary figure who not only prepared the way for Atatürk and the founding of the republic
in 1923 but who shaped the modern world as well. In this explosive book Hans-Lukas Kieser
provides a mesmerizing portrait of the shrewd and merciless politician who maintained power
through a potent blend of Islamic-Turkish nationalism and a readiness to employ violent
solutions.