Description |
ix, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-298) and index. |
Contents |
Prologue: Ottomans triumphant -- Floodtide of Islam -- Challenge from the West -- Tulip time and after -- Western approaches -- The strange fate of Sultan Selim -- Mahmud II, The Enigma -- Egyptian style -- Sick man? -- Dolmabahche -- Yildiz -- The Hamidian Empire -- Armenia, Crete and the Thirty-Day War -- Ancient peoples and young Turks -- Seeking union and progress -- Germany's ally -- Sovereignty and sultanate -- Epilogue: Ottomans Moribund. |
Subject |
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
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Indexed Term |
Ottoman Empire |
ISBN |
156619847X |
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9781566198479 |
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