Description
Book SynopsisThe Greek-Turkish War of 19191923also known as the Western Front of the Turkish War of Liberation and the Asia Minor Campaignwas one of the key aftershocks of the First World War. Internationally better known for its aftermath, the Compulsory Population Exchange between Greece and Turkey, the Catastrophe of Ottoman Greeks, and the foundation of the Republic of Turkey under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the war has never been given a holistic treatment in English, despite its long shadow over the Greek-Turkish relationship. The contributors in this volume address this gap by brining to the fore, on its centenary, aspects of the onset, conduct, and aftermath of this war. Combining insights from the study of international relations, political science, strategic studies, military history, migration studies, and social history the contributions tell the story of leaders and decisions, battles and campaigns, voluntary and involuntary migration, and the human stories of suffering and resilience.
Table of Contents
Part I: Onset
Chapter 2: Profiling the Political and Military Leaders of the War
Chapter 3: The Correlates of Obsession: Selectorate Dynamics and the decision of Venizelos for military intervention in Asia Minor
Part II: Conduct
Chapter 4: The Asia Minor Catastrophe: The causes of the Greek defeat.
Chapter 5: The Greek Military Strategy in the Asia Minor Campaign, 1919-1922: An Application of Clausewitz’s Theory on Culmination
Chapter 6: Decisive Battles of the Asia Minor Campaign 1921-1922
Chapter 7: Legacy of the Stormtroop: The Influence of German Assault Troop Doctrines in the Great Offensive
Chapter 8: Life in the Rear: The Muslims of Greece during the Anatolian War (1919–1922)
Part III: Aftermath
Chapter 9: Kemalism on the march: Greece’s military campaign in Asia Minor as Turkey’s birth act
Chapter 10: The Greek-Turkish War and the Waves of Migration: Redemption or Devastation?
Chapter 11: The Tale of Karamanlıs: Inbetween the Two Worlds
Chapter 12: Between Memories of Persecution and Refugee Experience: The Armenians in Greece in the Aftermath of the Greek-Turkish War
