| I | An Ancient Trade Route is Revived | [1] |
| II | Backward Turkey Invites Economic Exploitation | [9] |
| | Turkish Sovereignty is a Polite Formality | [9] |
| | The Natural Wealth of Asiatic Turkey Offers AlluringOpportunities | [13] |
| | Forces Are at Work for Regeneration | [17] |
| III | Germans Become Interested in the Near East | [29] |
| | The First Rails Are Laid | [29] |
| | The Traders Follow the Investors | [35] |
| | The German Government Becomes Interested | [38] |
| | German Economic Interests Make for Near EasternImperialism | [45] |
| IV | The Sultan Mortgages His Empire | [58] |
| | The Germans Overcome Competition | [58] |
| | The Bagdad Railway Concession is Granted | [67] |
| | The Locomotive is to Supplant the Camel | [71] |
| | The Sultan Loosens the Purse-Strings | [75] |
| | Some Turkish Rights Are Safeguarded | [81] |
| V | Peaceful Penetration Progresses | [92] |
| | The Financiers Get Their First Profits | [92] |
| | The Bankers’ Interests Become More Extensive | [97] |
| | Broader Business Interests Develop | [101] |
| | Sea Communications Are Established | [107] |
| VI | The Bagdad Railway Becomes an Imperial Enterprise | [120] |
| | Political Interests Come to the Fore | [120] |
| | Religious and Cultural Interests Reënforce Politicaland Economic Motives | [131] |
| | Some Few Voices Are Raised in Protest | [137] |
| VII | Russia Resists and France is Uncertain | [147] |
| | Russia Voices Her Displeasure | [147] |
| | The French Government Hesitates | [153] |
| | French Interests Are Believed to be Menaced | [157] |
| | The Bagdad Railway Claims French Supporters | [165] |
| VIII | Great Britain Blocks the Way | [176] |
| | Early British Opinions Are Favorable | [176] |
| | The British Government Yields to Pressure | [180] |
| | Vested Interests Come to the Fore | [189] |
| | Imperial Defence Becomes the Primary Concern | [195] |
| | British Resistance is Stiffened by the Entente | [202] |
| IX | The Young Turks Are Won Over | [217] |
| | A Golden Opportunity Presents Itself to the EntentePowers | [217] |
| | The Germans Achieve a Diplomatic Triumph | [222] |
| | The German Railways Justify Their Existence | [229] |
| | The Young Turks Have Some Mental Reservations | [235] |
| X | Bargains Are Struck | [239] |
| | The Kaiser and the Tsar Agree at Potsdam | [239] |
| | French Capitalists Share in the Spoils | [244] |
| | The Young Turks Conciliate Great Britain | [252] |
| | British Imperial Interests Are Further Safeguarded | [258] |
| | Diplomatic Bargaining Fails to Preserve Peace | [266] |
| XI | Turkey, Crushed to Earth, Rises Again | [275] |
| | Nationalism and Militarism Triumph at Constantinople | [275] |
| | Asiatic Turkey Becomes One of the Stakes of theWar | [279] |
| | Germany Wins Temporary Domination of theNear East | [287] |
| | “Berlin to Bagdad” Becomes but a Memory | [292] |
| | To the Victors Belong the Spoils | [300] |
| | “The Ottoman Empire is Dead. Long LiveTurkey!” | [303] |
| XII | The Struggle for the Bagdad Railway is Resumed | [314] |
| | Germany is Eliminated and Russia Withdraws | [314] |
| | France Steals a March and is Accompanied byItaly | [318] |
| | British Interests Acquire a Claim to the BagdadRailway | [327] |
| | America Embarks on an Uncharted Sea | [336] |
| Index | [355] |