The Balkan Wars - British Consular Reports from Macedonia in Final Years of Ottoman

Informationen zum Autor Bejtullah Destani is a British-Albanian scholar, and founder of the Centre for Albanian Studies in London, of which he is the Director. Robert Elsie (1950-2017) was a Canadian scholar and translator specialising in Albanian studies and folklore.As a first-hand, on-the-spot account, this is an invaluable source for historians of twentieth-century Europe, the lead-up to World War I and the decline of the Ottoman Empire. Zusammenfassung The Ottoman Empire - the great power which had ruled much of southeastern Europe and the Middle East for over five centuries - was manifestly in decline by 1912. Its decline had been gradual! but by the early years of the 20th century! the collapse of the mighty world that had once stretched to the gates of Vienna seemed increasingly inevitable. New Balkan states - Serbia! Bulgaria! Montenegro and Greece - combined forces in the First Balkan War (1912-1913) to bring about its downfall. But with victory in their grasp! they were soon at one another's throats.This book contains 83 selected and edited consular dispatches and reports sent to the Foreign Office in London focusing on events in Macedonia during the Balkan Wars of 1912-1914. They reveal the extent of human suffering in the southern Balkan region in this period and provide much insight into the realities of the Balkan conflagration as it affected Macedonia and its environs. As a first-hand! on-the-spot account! this is an invaluable source for historians of 20th-century Europe! the lead-up to World War I and the decline of the Ottoman Empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction! by Robert Elsie- Maps- The 83 consular dispatches and reports- Illustrations (photos of the period)- Biographical notes on the British diplomatic officials- Compendium of place-names- Bibliography

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• Authors: Bejtullah D Destani, Robert Elsie
• Assisted by: Bejtullah D. Destani (Editor), Destani Bejtullah D. (Editor), Robert Elsie (Editor), Elsie Robert (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 30.04.2020, delayed
• EAN: 9781350157095
• ISBN: 978-1-350-15709-5
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Eastern Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Diplomacy, Battles & campaigns, Battles and campaigns, The Balkans, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I