{"product_id":"ottoman-army-effectiveness-in-world-war-i","title":"Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War I","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume examines how the Ottoman Army was able to evolve and maintain a high level of overall combat effectiveness despite the primitive nature of the Ottoman State during the First World War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStructured around four case studies, at the operational and tactical level, of campaigns involving the Ottoman Empire and the British Empire: Gallipoli in 1915, Kut in 1916, Third Gaza-Beersheba in 1917, and Megiddo in 1918. For each of these campaigns, particular emphasis is placed on examining specific elements of combat effectiveness and how they affected that particular battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prevalent historiography attributes Ottoman battlefield success primarily to external factors - such as the presence of German generals and staff officers; climate, weather and terrain that adversely affected allied operations; allied bumbling and amateurish operations; and inadequate allied intelligence. By contrast, Edward J. Erickson argues that the Ottoman Army was successful due to internal factors, such as its organizational architecture, a hardened cadre of experienced combat leaders, its ability to organize itself for combat, and its application of the German style of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOttoman Army Effectiveness in World War I\u003c\/em\u003e will be of great interest to students of the First World War, military history and strategic studies in general.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54233607143768,"sku":"9780415770996","price":198.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415770996.jpg?v=1771654539","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/ottoman-army-effectiveness-in-world-war-i","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}