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The last Ottoman wars : the human cost, 1877-1923 /

Jeremy Salt's manuscript "The last Ottoman wars" is a unique, timely and humane study of warfare and its many costs in a region that has been fought over and upon for centuries. The Ottoman Empire and its surrounding territories, which in this work covers the Balkans to eastern Anatol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Salt, Jeremy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Turkey > Politics and government > 19th century.
Turkey > Politics and government > 20th century.
Turkey > Social conditions > 19th century.
Turkey > Social conditions > 20th century.
Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878.
Balkan Peninsula > History > War of 1912-1913.
World War, 1914-1918 > Turkey.
Muslims > Crimes against > Turkey.
Armenians > Crimes against > Turkey.
Table of Contents:
  • Late Ottoman society
  • Cash flow calamities
  • A difficult land
  • Kurds and Armenians
  • The East in flames
  • Balkans crusades
  • Ejecting the Muslims
  • The young Turks
  • Italy invades Libya
  • "May God be with you"
  • Massacre and flight
  • The last Ottoman war
  • Into the abyss
  • A land in despair
  • Armenians in arms
  • The "relocation"
  • A questionable "peace"
  • Onward to Baku
  • The road to Izmir
  • End of the line.