Introduction: pursuing sovereignty in the age of imperialism; 1. The intellectual and emotional climate after the Balkan wars; 2. 1914: war with Greece?; 3. The Ottomans within the international order; 4. The Great War as great opportunity: the Ottoman July crisis; 5. Tug of war: Penelope's game; 6. Salvation through war?; Conclusion: the decision for war remembered.
Revisionist account of the Ottoman Empire's fateful decision to enter the First World War in 1914.
Mustafa Aksakal is Associate Professor of History and Modern Turkish Studies at Georgetown University.
Review of the hardback: 'Overall, this work is an impressive and
very valuable contribution to our understanding of the relationship
between Germany and the Ottoman Empire, as well as their respective
foreign policies, on the eve of the First World War.' H-Net
Review of the hardback: 'What Aksakal offers is a meticulous
analysis of the factors that induced the political leaders of the
Ottoman Empire to enter the war on the German side in October
1914.' Erik-Jan Zürcher, Diplomacy and Statecraft
Review of the hardback: 'In this new study, Mustafa Aksakal
demonstrates with authority that the general apprehension of
dissolution and partition that drove Ottoman officials in 1914
derived from the disastrous Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 … and was
based on a plethora of very real threats and secret negotiations
leading up to the Ottoman signing of the alliance with Germany on
August 2, 1914.' Virginia Aksan, Insight Turkey
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