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Anyone intrigued by the history and politics of Eastern Europe will find Morgenthau's memoir enlightening. And scholars will gain great insight from reading this first-hand account of an often forgotten tragedy.
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| Editor's Note | ||
| Foreword: "An Old Practice in Its Modern Development" | ||
| Introduction | ||
| Preface | ||
| I | A German Superman at Constantinople | 3 |
| II | The "Boss System" in the Ottoman Empire and how it proved useful to Germany | 14 |
| III | "The personal representative of the Kaiser." Wangenheim opposes the sale of American warships to Greece | 29 |
| IV | Germany mobilizes the Turkish army | 43 |
| V | Wangenheim smuggles the Goeben and the Breslau through the Dardanelles | 48 |
| VI | Wangenheim tells the American Ambassador how the Kaiser started the war | 58 |
| VII | Germany's plans for new territories, coaling stations, and indemnities | 63 |
| VIII | A classic instance of German propaganda | 67 |
| IX | Germany closes the Dardanelles and so separates Russia from her Allies | 73 |
| X | Turkey's abrogation of the capitulations. Enver living in a palace, with plenty of money and an imperial bride | 78 |
| XI | Germany forces Turkey into the war | 86 |
| XII | The Turks attempt to treat alien enemies decently, but the Germans insist on persecuting them | 91 |
| XIII | The invasion of the Notre Dame de Sion School | 102 |
| XIV | Wangenheim and the Bethlehem Steel Company. A "Holy War" that was made in Germany | 109 |
| XV | Djemal, a troublesome Mark Antony. The first German attempt to get a German peace | 119 |
| XVI | The Turks prepare to flee from Constantinople and establish a new capital in Asia Minor. The Allied fleet bombarding the Dardanelles | 128 |
| XVII | Enver as the man who demonstrated "the vulnerability of the British fleet." Old-fashioned defenses of the Dardanelles | 140 |
| XVIII | The Allied armada sails away, though on the brink of victory | 151 |
| XIX | A fight for three thousand civilians | 161 |
| XX | More adventures of the foreign residents | 175 |
| XXI | Bulgaria on the auction block | 181 |
| XXII | The Turk reverts to the ancestral type | 190 |
| XXIII | The "Revolution" at Van | 202 |
| XXIV | The murder of a nation | 207 |
| XXV | Talaat tells why he "deports" the Armenians | 224 |
| XXVI | Enver Pasha discusses the Armenians | 235 |
| XXVII | "I shall do nothing for the Armenians," says the German Ambassador | 250 |
| XXVIII | Enver again moves for peace. Farewell to the Sultan and to Turkey | 264 |
| XXIX | Von Jagow, Zimmermann, and German-Americans | 272 |
| Epilogue: The Rest of the Story | 281 | |
| Index | 317 |
bardfan
Posted April 20, 2012
The book is a page-turner, a gripping first-person account of an important event in world history, The free Nook version is a waste of time. Apparently it is a machine scan of the 1918 edition. It was obviously not proofread and is full of typos. Most of the time I could make out the intended word, but it was annoying to have to do that. The paperback version can be purchased cheaply.
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