The Balkan Wars: Ottoman Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781433196638 / Angielski

Mihai Dragnea; Ercan Karakoç; Ali Serdar Mete

Opis

In this volume, writers from various Balkan nations and from across various disciplines have come together under the aegis of the Balkan History Association to address little known and little studied aspects of the wars.

Recenzje

"The Balkan Wars of 1912/13 were a disaster for the Ottoman Empire, a triumph for the Balkan governments, and a tragedy for the population of the belligerent states. This well structured collection brings together contributors from various backgrounds. Unitedly, they help to understand overarching issues far beyond the military event, and especially the still underresearched Ottoman perspective." Katrin Boeckh, LMU Munich/IOS Regensburg

O autorze

Ercan Karakoç is Professor of Modern Turkish History at Yildiz Technical University. He graduated from the History Department of Bogazici (Bosphorus) University. He completed his Master's in National Security Strategy at Gebze Institute of Technology, then Gebze Technical University. He received his Ph.D. in History from Marmara University. He won a highly coveted and contested Fulbright Scholar in Residence Scholarship and taught at Chatham University concurrently sitting on numerous expert panels discussing the affairs of Middle East in Pittsburgh. His studies are mainly on the late period history of the Ottoman Empire and the history of modern Turkey.

Ali Serdar Mete completed his master studies at Yeditepe University. He received his Ph.D. from Yildiz Technical University. His works are mainly on Ottoman-Turkish military history, including the modernization of the military organization and education, modern military tactics and modern firearms.