The Ottoman Mobilization of Manpower in the First World War
Between Voluntarism and Resistance
Biographical note
Mehmet Beşikçi, Ph.D. (2009), Boğaziçi University (Istanbul) specializes in late Ottoman history, with special emphasis on military history. He has published various articles on war and soceity in the late Ottoman Empire. He is a lecturer of modern Turkish history at Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul.
Readership
All interested in the First World War in general, and late Ottoman history and the Ottoman-Turkish experience of the war in particular. Also, anyone concerned specifically with the practice of conscription in the Ottoman context.
Table of contents
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments .......................................................................................... vii
List of Tables .................................................................................................... ix
Abbreviations ................................................................................................... xi
Map ..................................................................................................................... xiii
Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1
Chapter 1 Organized Spontaneity: The Call to Arms in the Ottoman Public Sphere on the Eve of the War ......... 33
Chapter 2 Conscription under Total War Conditions ..................... 93
Chapter 3 Volunteerism as a Relationship of Power: Volunteers in the Ottoman Army ............................. 157
Chapter 4 Young Boys into Soldiers, the Home Front into Barracks: Attempts at Permanent Mobilization through
Paramilitary Youth Organizations ........................................................ 203
Chapter 5 The Limits of Ottoman Manpower Mobilization: The Problem of Desertion and Attempts to Remobilize ...247
Conclusion ........................................................................................................ 311
Bibliography ..................................................................................................... 317
Index ................................................................................................................... 337
Acknowledgments .......................................................................................... vii
List of Tables .................................................................................................... ix
Abbreviations ................................................................................................... xi
Map ..................................................................................................................... xiii
Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1
Chapter 1 Organized Spontaneity: The Call to Arms in the Ottoman Public Sphere on the Eve of the War ......... 33
Chapter 2 Conscription under Total War Conditions ..................... 93
Chapter 3 Volunteerism as a Relationship of Power: Volunteers in the Ottoman Army ............................. 157
Chapter 4 Young Boys into Soldiers, the Home Front into Barracks: Attempts at Permanent Mobilization through
Paramilitary Youth Organizations ........................................................ 203
Chapter 5 The Limits of Ottoman Manpower Mobilization: The Problem of Desertion and Attempts to Remobilize ...247
Conclusion ........................................................................................................ 311
Bibliography ..................................................................................................... 317
Index ................................................................................................................... 337
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