Ottoman Army and the First World War

Mesut Uyar is Professor of International Relations and Dean of the School of Business and Social Sciences at Antalya Bilim University, Turkey. Dr. Uyar is a retired Turkish Army colonel and former associate professor from the University of New South Wales, Australia and the Turkish Military Academy. He is the author or co-author of The Phaseline Attila: The Amphibious Campaign for Cyprus, 1974 (2020); The Ottoman Defence Against the Anzac Landing 25 April 1915 (2015); A Military History of the Ottomans: From Osman to Atatürk (2009); and numerous articles and book chapters.

• List of figures viiiList of maps xiiPreface xiiiA note on transliteration xix1 Prelude to war 12 The decision to go to war 383 Opening moves 714 The year of uncertainty: 1915 1065 The year of glory and disappointment: 1916 2116 The dreams and realities: 1917 2827 The year of disasters: 1918 357Epilogue 417Bibliography 424Index 449

"The Ottoman Army and the First World War is a thorough analysis of the Ottoman Army on all fronts during the Great War. It describes its operational military history and military effectiveness during that war, and it is difficult to disagree with Uyar in his assessment that Western historiography has for too long ignored the so-called peripheral campaigns of the war ... This book is a long overdue addition to the modern historiography of the First World War."Michael Tyquin, British Journal for Military History"What emerges from Uyar’s wide-ranging study is a work of great utility to scholars of the First World War and conflict in the Middle East. Ultimately, he makes a powerful case for the need to rigorously re-examine the operational military history of the Ottoman Empire’s war, as doing so opens up myriad fascinating questions that have still yet to be explored about how the empire coped with and waged a modern war."James E. Kitchen, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, IJMH Book Reviews - Issue 44-2"Extensively researched, The Ottoman Army and the First World War is now the authoritative text on this topic, and a necessary resource for any individual seeking to analyse campaigns against or involving the Ottoman Army."Jordan Beavis, Australian Army Research Centre