Title: Defeat in detail : the Ottoman army in the Balkans, 1912-1913 /
Authors: Erickson, Edward J., 1950-
Publisher: Praeger,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Balkan Peninsula History Campaigns.; Turkey History, Military
Abstract: "The Ottoman Empire fought the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 against the joint forces of Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia - and was decisively defeated. The Ottoman Army is frequently depicted as a mob of poorly clad, faceless Turks inept in their attempts to fight a modern war. Yet by 1912, the Ottoman Army, which was constructed on the German model, was in many ways more advanced than certain European armies."
Contents: Defeat and military reform, 1877-1910 -- Revolution and the Eastern question, 1877-1912 -- Nexus of disaster, 1911-1912 -- The Thracian campaigns, 1912 -- The Macedonian campaigns, 1912 -- The Greek and Montenegrin campaigns, 1912 -- The armistice and military politics -- The Thracian campaigns, 1913 -- The western theater: Greece and Albania, 1913 -- Final operations -- Defeat in detail: conclusion -- App. A. Ottoman aviation, prelude to military use of aircraft -- App. B. Ottoman regular army order of battle, 1911.