Shattering empires [electronic resource] : the clash and collapse of the Ottoman and Russian empires, 1908-1918 / Michael A. Reynolds.
2011
DR479.R9 R49 2011eb
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Shattering empires [electronic resource] : the clash and collapse of the Ottoman and Russian empires, 1908-1918 / Michael A. Reynolds.
Author
Reynolds, Michael A., 1968-
ISBN
9780511927904 (electronic bk.)
9780521195539
9780521149167 (pbk.)
9780521195539
9780521149167 (pbk.)
Imprint
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 303 p.) : ill., maps
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DR479.R9 R49 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.3/56
Summary
"The fall of the Ottoman and Russian empires were watershed events in modern history. The unraveling of these empires was both cause and consequence of World War I and resulted in the deaths of millions. It irrevocably changed the landscape of the Middle East and Eurasia and reverberates to this day in conflicts throughout the Caucasus and Middle East. Shattering Empires draws on extensive research in the Ottoman and Russian archives to tell the story of the rivalry and collapse of two great empires. Overturning accounts that portray their clash as one of conflicting nationalisms, this pioneering study argues that geopolitical competition and the emergence of a new global interstate order provide the key to understanding the course of history in the Ottoman-Russian borderlands in the twentieth century. It will appeal to those interested in Middle Eastern, Russian, and Eurasian history, international relations, ethnic conflict, and World War I"-- Provided by publisher.
"The break-up of the Ottoman empire and the disintegration of the Russian empire were watershed events in modern history. The unraveling of these empires was both cause and consequence of World War I and resulted in the deaths of millions. It irrevocably changed the landscape of the Middle East and Eurasia and reverberates to this day in conflicts throughout the Caucasus and Middle East. Shattering Empires draws on extensive research in the Ottoman and Russian archives to tell the story of the rivalry and collapse of two great empires. Overturning accounts that portray their clash as one of conflicting nationalisms, this pioneering study argues that geopolitical competition and the emergence of a new global interstate order provide the key to understanding the course of history in the Ottoman-Russian borderlands in the twentieth century. It will appeal to anyone interested in Middle Eastern, Russian, and Eurasian history, international relations, ethnic conflict, and World War I"-- Provided by publisher.
"The break-up of the Ottoman empire and the disintegration of the Russian empire were watershed events in modern history. The unraveling of these empires was both cause and consequence of World War I and resulted in the deaths of millions. It irrevocably changed the landscape of the Middle East and Eurasia and reverberates to this day in conflicts throughout the Caucasus and Middle East. Shattering Empires draws on extensive research in the Ottoman and Russian archives to tell the story of the rivalry and collapse of two great empires. Overturning accounts that portray their clash as one of conflicting nationalisms, this pioneering study argues that geopolitical competition and the emergence of a new global interstate order provide the key to understanding the course of history in the Ottoman-Russian borderlands in the twentieth century. It will appeal to anyone interested in Middle Eastern, Russian, and Eurasian history, international relations, ethnic conflict, and World War I"-- Provided by publisher.
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Table of Contents
The high politics of anarchy and competition
Troubles in Anatolia: imperial insecurities and the transformation of borderland politics
Visions of vulnerability: the politics of Muslims, revolutionaries, and defectors
Out of the pan, into the fire: empires at war
Remastering Anatolia: rending nations, rending empires
Brest-Litovsk and the opening of the Caucasus
Forced to be free: the geopolitics of independence in the Transcaucasus
Racing against time.
Troubles in Anatolia: imperial insecurities and the transformation of borderland politics
Visions of vulnerability: the politics of Muslims, revolutionaries, and defectors
Out of the pan, into the fire: empires at war
Remastering Anatolia: rending nations, rending empires
Brest-Litovsk and the opening of the Caucasus
Forced to be free: the geopolitics of independence in the Transcaucasus
Racing against time.