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Ottoman Wars, 1700-1870: An Empire Besieged

Virginia Aksan - History - 2014 - 620 pages
The Ottoman Empire had reached the peak of its power, presenting a very real threat to Western Christendom when in 1683 it suffered its first major defeat, at the Siege of ...
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An Ottoman Statesman in War and Peace: Ahmed Resmi Efendi, 1700-1783

Virginia H. Aksan - History - 1995 - 280 pages
This study of Ahmed Resmi, servant and critic of the state, offers new insights into Ottoman eighteenth-century society, emphasizing the impact of the 1768-74 Russo-Turkish war ...
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The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire

Selcuk Aksin Somel - History - 2010 - 512 pages
The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire is an in-depth treatise covering the political, social, and economic history of the Ottoman Empire, the last member of the lineage of the Near ...
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Tocqueville in the Ottoman Empire: Rival Paths to the Modern State

Ariel Salzmann - Political Science - 2004 - 274 pages
Based on archival research, this work examines the Ottoman ancien regime. The author argues that the success of the regime was due to the articulation of a complex financial ...
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The Pity of War: Explaining World War I

Niall Ferguson - History - 1999 - 650 pages
In this landmark work of history, Ferguson vividly brings back to life this terrifying period and makes a simple and provocative argument: that the human atrocity known as the ...
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