The background -- A false start -- The start: 1847-68 -- The Hamidian Despotism: 1876-1908 -- The infant movement: 1868-1908 -- Young Arabs and young Turks: 1908-1914 -- The war and the holy war: 1914 -- The plot: 1915 -- Great Britain's pledge: 1915 -- The Revolt: June 1916 -- Immediate effects -- ...