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14. WWI was A Peace to End All Peace.

Sun Jun 21, 2026, 03:48 PM

Jun 21

Good book to read.

A Peace to End All Peace

The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East

David Fromkin (1989)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Peace_to_End_All_Peace

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The West Has Been Trying to Run the Middle East [View all] MineralMan Jun 21 OP

That's recent history. MineralMan Jun 21 #2

Yah, It has gone both ways at various times. MineralMan Jun 21 #4

OK. The Greeks, too. MineralMan Jun 21 #19

Ding ding malaise Jun 21 #5

I agree 100%. MineralMan Jun 21 #6

I don't think climate change is the main issue. LeftInTX Jun 21 #8

WWI was A Peace to End All Peace. PufPuf23 Jun 21 #14

I was about to say Sympthsical Jun 21 #20

The Mongols WSHazel Jun 21 #21

Recommended. H2O Man Jun 21 #9

Never worked? WarGamer Jun 21 #10

Control has gone back and forth, and is still fluctuating MineralMan Jun 21 #11

We're doing this to preserve the petrodollar pcdb Jun 21 #16

It might make sense snot Jun 21 #12

It's always a power struggle, isn't it? MineralMan Jun 21 #13

It shouldn't "work" MorbidButterflyTat Jun 21 #15

In modern times it's been about oil. ananda Jun 21 #17

FWIW My paternal grandparents were Armenians from Ottoman Turkey. LeftInTX Monday #23