The birth of modern Turkey : the Ottoman military and the march to World War I

"The guide and mentor to the Ottoman military was Imperial Germany as the military developed its version of the Prussian 'School of Empire' - a set of ideas and practices which in the eyes of the officer corps saw the military as the embodiment of the Ottoman Turkish nation state. The military had intervened decisively in the 1908 Constitutional Revolution and were vital in bringing the Ottoman Empire into World War I on the side of the Central Powers. Based on original Ottoman and German sources. The Birth of Modern Turkey shows how military thinking and policy contributed to the triumph of Ataturk and the founding of the modern Turkish state."--Bloomsbury Publishing. The Birth Of Modern Turkey Provides New Insight Into How Military Thinking And Policy Contributed To Ottoman Entry Into World War I, And The Triumph Of Ataturk. It Will Appeal To All Those Interested In The Foundations Of The Modern Turkish State.--jacket. I. The Political Outlook Of The Ottoman Military At The Turn Of The 20th Century -- Ii. The Officer Corps In Opposition : The Young Turk Revolution Of July 1908 -- Iii. The Military Press, 1908-1912 -- Iv. Aftermath Of The Revolution : The Officer Corps In Politics, 1909-1912 -- V. The Reform Of The Ottoman Army, 1909-1912 -- Vi. The Balkan Wars And Their Effects On The Officer Corps, 1912-1913 -- Vii. Militant Nationalism, January-november 1914. Handan Nezir Akmeşe. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [193]-217) And Index. The defeat of the Ottoman Empire in its 1877-8 war with Russia, and its consequent loss of extensive territories under the 1878 treaties of San Stefano and Berlin, were followed by three decades of autocratic monarchical rule by Sultan Abdülhamid II.