Ottoman Wars, 1700-1870: An Empire Besieged

by Virginia H. Aksan

Book Overview

The Ottoman Empire had reached the peak of its power, presenting a very real threat to Western Christendom when in 1683 it suffered its first major defeat, at the Siege of Vienna. Tracing the empire's conflicts of the next two centuries, The Ottoman Wars: An Empire Besieged examines the social transformation of the Ottoman military system in an era of global imperialism

Spanning more than a century of conflict, the book considers challenges...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582308070
• ISBN13: 9780582308077
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 620 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.0"