Machine generated contents note: 1. Balkan Wars and Ottoman Society: The Devastating Shift from Celebration to Defeat -- 2. Balkan Wars and the Shaping of the Ottoman Culture of Defeat -- 3. Regeneration, Revenge and Regaining Honour -- 4. Children in the Ottoman Literature of Defeat: From War Victims to the Citizen-Soldiers of the Future -- 5. Project of the National Economy: Excluding the Enemy ̀Within' -- 6. Celebrating the Ottoman Past, the Victorious Second Balkan War and the Reinstatement of Edirne -- Heralding the Rebirth of the Nation
Summary
This work deals with military defeat and national catastrophe, and their implications for society. When the First Balkan War broke out in October 1912, few Ottomans anticipated that it would prove to be a watershed moment for the Empire, ending in atrocities, ignominy, national catastrophe, and the loss of its remaining provinces in the Balkans
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-356) and index