Italo-Turkish Diplomacy and the War over Libya, 1911-1912 (Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia)
by Childs
Category: Social Science

The Italo-Turkish War was the first armed clash between the lesser Great Powers immediately before 1914, leading inexorably to the deterioration of the Balkan situation and to Sarajevo. This is the first study based on the archives of the Ottoman Foreign Ministry for the period, as well as on better-known Italian sources.