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Author Ginio, Eyal, author

Title The Ottoman culture of defeat : the Balkan Wars and their aftermath / Eyal Ginio
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 377 pages) : illustrations
Series Mediterraneans
Mediterraneans.
Contents 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
Notes Print version record
Subject Defeat (Psychology)
Defeat (Psychology)
Historiography
Psychological aspects
Guerres balkaniques (1912-1913) -- Historiographie.
Guerres balkaniques (1912-1913) -- Aspect psychologique.
Défaite -- Empire ottoman.
SUBJECT Balkan Peninsula -- History -- War of 1912-1913 -- Historiography
Balkan Peninsula -- History -- War of 1912-1913 -- Psychological aspects
Subject Balkan Peninsula
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780190638498
0190638494