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"What Aksakal offers is a meticulous analysis of the factors that induced the political leaders of the Ottoman Empire to enter the war on the German side in October 1914." Erik-Jan Zürcher, Diplomacy and Statecraft"In this new study, Mustafa Aksakal demonstrates with authority that the general apprehension of dissolution and partition that drove Ottoman officials in 1914 derived from the disastrous Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 … and was based on a plethora of very real threats and secret negotiations leading up to the Ottoman signing of the alliance with Germany on August 2, 1914." Virginia Aksan, Insight Turkey
"Overall, this work is an impressive and very valuable contribution to our understanding of the relationship between Germany and the Ottoman Empire, as well as their respective foreign policies, on the eve of the First World War." -Emre Sencer, H-German
"This brilliant analysis sets out to answer two questions: why did the Empire go to war and why did it side with the Central Powers. It examines the intellectual milieu of the era, the specific problem of a war with Greece in 1914, the foreign policy imperatives, the reaction to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the formation of the alliance with Germany and, finally, the uneasy relations with Germany after the alliance was formed....This study gives historians a much needed corrective to the view that the Empire should only be seen as a puppet of Germany." -- Contemporary Review
"..well organized and well written volume is extensively researched..." -Alexander M. Shelby, Journal of Military History
"This is a worthwhile book...It does an excellent job of illuminating a relatively dim corner of history." -Thomas E. Ward, Military Review
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