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 thi...

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Autor Principal: Reynolds, Michael A., 1968-
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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  • 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.