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Shattering empires the clash and collapse of the Ottoman and Russian empires, 1908-1918 /

"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...

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Main Author: Reynolds, Michael A., 1968-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918 > Turkey.
World War, 1914-1918 > Russia.
Geopolitics > Caucasus.
Geopolitics > Eurasia.
Turkey > Foreign relations > Russia.
Russia > Foreign relations > Turkey.
Turkey > History > Mehmed V, 1909-1918.
Turkey > History > Revolution, 1909.
Russia > History > Nicholas II, 1894-1917.
Russia > History > February Revolution, 1917.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The high politics of anarchy and competition; 2. Troubles in Anatolia: imperial insecurities and the transformation of borderland politics; 3. Visions of vulnerability: the politics of Muslims, revolutionaries, and defectors; 4. Out of the pan, into the fire: empires at war; 5. Remastering Anatolia: rending nations, rending empires; 6. Brest-Litovsk and the opening of the Caucasus; 7. Forced to be free: the geopolitics of independence in the Transcaucasus; 8. Racing against time; Epilogue.

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