MAFIA: A GLOBAL HISTORY
A new book by historian Ryan Gingeras exploring the history of mafias and their impact upon the modern world.
Out February 2026
Last Days of the Ottoman Empire
Praise for Last Days:
This epic account of Ottoman decline and the birth of modern Turkey is a tour de force of accessible scholarship. - Fara Dabhoiwala - The Guardian
Dispassionate and well-researched ... Gingeras sets out the twisting, turning story of decline through the later part of the 19th century. - Peter Frankopan - Financial Times
Gingeras takes an even-handed approach to each issue, while never making light of the horrendous tally of human suffering that emerges on every side. Turks have long been treated to an over-simplified account of their modern history. This book teaches the beginning of wisdom, which is that most human history, as it actually happened, was a terrible, bewildering mess. - Noel Malcolm - The Telegraph
“What to read to understand imperialism and colonialism” - The Economist
Other Writings
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War on the Rocks
Blue Homeland: The Heated Politics Behind Turkey’s New Maritime Strategy
Washington Post
Analysis | The U.S. formally recognized the Armenian genocide. Why now, a century later?
Foreign Affairs
About
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Ryan Gingeras is a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School and is an expert in modern Eastern European and Middle East history. He is the author of six books, including most recently, The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire. His Sorrowful Shores: Violence, Ethnicity, and the End of the Ottoman Empire received short list distinctions for the Rothschild Book Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies and the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize. He has published on a wide variety of topics related to history and politics in such publications as Foreign Affairs, New York Times, Washington Post, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Middle East Journal, Iranian Studies, Past & Present, and War on the Rocks. As a faculty member of the Naval Postgraduate School, he has participated and contributed to research and executive education projects on the behalf of the Department of State, Department of Energy and the Department of Defense. In addition to speaking German, Spanish and Turkish fluently, he also possesses working knowledge of Albanian, Macedonian and Greek.
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