Arming the Sultan : German arms trade and personal diplomacy in the Ottoman Empire before World War I / Naci Yorulmaz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yorulmaz, Naci, author.

Series:

Library of Ottoman studies ; v. 43.

Library of Ottoman Studies ; v. 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arms transfers--Turkey--History--20th century.

Arms transfers.

Turkey--Foreign economic relations--Germany.

Turkey.

Germany--Foreign economic relations--Turkey.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (563 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Distributed in the US and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Ottoman arms industry was self-sufficient. But from the 1880s to World War I, German arms companies held a monopoly position in the Ottoman arms market. How did Germany manage to conquer what had until then been an extremely competitive market, where British, French and American firms had been dominant for years? While acknowledging the importance of economic and political factors, Arming the Sultan suggests that the main determinants of the German success cannot be ascribed only to the market theory of supply and demand, but lie instead in a range of manipulative instruments built on foundations that were formed through close personal relations. Yorulmaz's innovative book suggests that the value of these relationships has been overlooked, and ensured German success over British, French and American competition. Based on extensive multinational archival research in Germany, Turkey, Britain and the United States, Arming the Sultan explores the decisive impact of arms exports on the formation and stimulation of Germany's expansionist foreign economic policy towards the Ottoman Empire. Making an important contribution to the field of the historiography of the political economy of the international arms trade in the case of Germany's arms sales in the Ottoman Empire, Arming the Sultan reveals that arms exports proved to be an indispensable and integral part of Germany's foreign economic policy during the period under review."--Bloomsbury publishing.

Contents:

Notes on Usage i

Table of Contents ii

List of Tables iv

List of Figures vi

List of Maps and Images vi

List of Abbreviations vii

Introduction

Chapter I: The German Expansionism and the Political and Economic Foundation of the German Style of War Business in the Ottoman Empire (1880-1898)

Bismarck and His Ottoman Policy: The First Step towards

Peaceful Penetration

Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Origin of His Ottoman Policy

Kaiser Wilhelm II's First Orientreise in 1889 and its

Consequences (1889)

Chapter II: German Military Advisers: Businessmen in Uniform

A Vital Link for the Export Dependent Armaments Industry

Trojan horse for German Arms Industry: The First German Military Mission in the Ottoman Empire (1882-1885)

Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz Pasha (1843-1916): A Hero for Everyone

Chapter III: Arms Orders and Contracts:

The First Fruits of Personal Diplomacy

Coastal Fortification with Krupp Guns in 1885/1886

The Mauser Operations: Professional Teamwork

Chapter IV: Kaiser Wilhelm II and

The Political Economy of Personal Diplomacy (1898-1914)

Kaiser Wilhelm II's Second Orientreise in 1898 as Multi-dimensional Personal Diplomacy

The Concrete Outcomes of the Kaiser's Second Orientreise: Some Critical Concessions

Kaiser Wilhelm II and His Contribution to the German Style of War Business

Chapter V: Sultan Abdülhamid II and His Bureaucrats (1876-1914)

Sultan Abdülhamid II and the Arms Trade in the Shadow of Personal Trust

The Ottoman Bureaucrats: Personal Ties with the Arms Makers

The Ottoman Inspection and Control Commission in Germany: Inspectors or Friends?

Chapter VI: The Power Shift and its Consequences (1908-1914)

The First Episode: The Old Regime and The Old Friend (1908-1909)

The Second Episode: The New Regime and The Old Friend (1909-1914)

Conclusion

Endnotes

Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-341) and index.

ISBN:

9780755608348

0755608348

9780857736680

085773668X

OCLC:

897466908