{"product_id":"the-wars-of-yesterday-the-balkan-wars-and-the-emergence-of-modern-military-conflict-1912-13-9781785337741","title":"The Wars of Yesterday: The Balkan Wars and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThough persistently overshadowed by the Great War in historical memory, the two Balkan conflicts of 1912–1913 were among the most consequential of the early twentieth century. By pitting the states of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Montenegro against a diminished Ottoman Empire—and subsequently against one another—they anticipated many of the horrors of twentieth-century warfare even as they produced the tense regional politics that helped spark World War I. Bringing together an international group of scholars, this volume applies the social and cultural insights of the “new military history” to revisit this critical episode with a central focus on the experiences of both combatants and civilians during wartime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a well-curated and well-intended collection of essays. The editors and contributors have brought considerable knowledge and insight of the Balkan wars into the mainstreams of the New Military History. The collective linguistic and research scope of the contributors is comprehensive. Students and scholars of southeastern Europe will read these essays with profit, but it is the fields of European and global war studies that will benefit most from this excellent volume.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Slavic Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This excellent volume is a timely addition to the literature on the Balkan Wars and beyond. Its versatility, diversity, and empirical depth are bound to make a serious impact in the field.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Uğur Ümit Üngör\u003c\/strong\u003e, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: INTRODUCTIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Wars of Yesterday: The Balkan Wars and the Emergence of Modern Military Conflict, 1912\/13. An Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKatrin Boeckh and Sabine Rutar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003e'Modern Wars' and 'Backward Societies': The Balkan Wars in the History of Twentieth-Century European Warfare\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWolfgang Höpken\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: BEYOND THE BALKANS: DIPLOMATIC AND GEOPOLITICAL ASPECTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eOttoman Diplomacy on the Origins of The Balkan Wars\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGül Tokay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eAustria-Hungary, Germany, and the Balkan Wars: A Diplomatic Struggle for Peace, Influence, and Supremacy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlma Hannig\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eNot Just a Prelude: The First Balkan War Crisis as the Catalyst of Final European War Preparations\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMichael Hesselholt Clemmesen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: ARMIES, SOLDIERS, IRREGULARS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Ottoman Mobilisation in the Balkan War. Failure and Reorganisation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMehmet Beşikçi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Thracian Theatre of War 1912\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRichard C. Hall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eMorale, Ideology, and the Barbarization of Warfare among Greek Soldiers\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSpyridon Tsoutsoumpis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eA Forgotten Lesson: The Romanian Army between the Campaign in Bulgaria (1913) and the Tutrakan Debacle (1916)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eClaudiu-Lucian Topor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eSerbian Chetniks. Traditions of Irregular Warfare\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlexey Timofeev\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: CIVILIANS, WOUNDED, INVALIDS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Future Enemy’s Soldiers-To-Be: Fear of War in Trieste, Austria-Hungary\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSabine Rutar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Plight of the Muslim Population in Salonica and Surrounding Areas\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eVera Goseva and Natasha Kotlar-Traykova\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12. \u003c\/strong\u003eCleansing the Nation: War-Related Demographic Changes in Macedonia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eIakovos D. 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