The Ottoman road to war in 1914 the Ottoman Empire and the First World War

Why did the Ottoman Empire enter the First World War in late October 1914, months after the war's devastations had become clear? Were its leaders 'simple-minded,' 'below-average' individuals, as the doyen of Turkish diplomatic history has argued? Or, as others have claimed,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Aksakal, Mustafa, 1973- (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kindgdom [etc.] : Cambridge University Press 2010
Edición:1st. paperback ed
Colección:Cambridge military histories
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pursuing sovereignty in the age of imperialism
  • The intellectual and emotional climate after the Balkan Wars
  • 1914 : war with Greece?
  • The Ottomans within the international order
  • The great war as great opportunity : the Ottoman July crisis
  • Tug of war : Penelope's game
  • Salvation through war?
  • Conclusion : the decision for war remembered