Dismantling the Ottoman Empire

Britain, America and the Armenian question
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-138-91402-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 479 g

Reihe: SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East

Prior to World War I, American involvement in Armenian affairs was limited to missionary and educational interests. This was contrary to Britain, which had played a key role in the diplomatic arena since the Treaty of Berlin in 1878, when the Armenian question had become a subject of great power diplomacy. However, by the end of the war the dynamics of the international system had undergone drastic change, with America emerging as one of the primary powers politically involved in the Armenian issue.

Dismantling the Ottoman Empire explores this evolution of the United States’ role in the Near East, from politically distant and isolated power to assertive major player. Through careful analysis of the interaction of Anglo-American policies vis-à-vis the Ottoman Armenians, from the Great War through the Lausanne Peace Conference, it examines the change in British and American strategies towards the region in light of the tension between the notions of new diplomacy vs. old diplomacy. The book also highlights the conflict between humanitarianism and geostrategic interests, which was a particularly striking aspect of the Armenian question during the war and post war period. Using material drawn from public and personal archives and collections, it sheds light on the geopolitical dynamics and intricacies of great power politics with their long-lasting effects on the reshuffling of the Middle East.

The book would be of interest to scholars and students of political & diplomatic history, Near Eastern affairs, American and British diplomacy in the beginning of the twentieth century, the history of the Ottoman Empire, the Middle East and the Caucasus.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Uyan¿k, Nevzat

Uyanik, Nevzat

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I: ON THE EVE OF THE GREAT WAR CHAPTER II: WAR, HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, AND PROPAGANDA (1914-17) CHAPTER III: AMERICA AT WAR AND THE RESURRECTION OF THE ARMENIAN QUESTION (1917-18) CHAPTER IV: NEW vs. OLD DIPLOMACY: A MANDATE PLAN (1919) CHAPTER V: "THE WILSON AWARD" AND ITS SPECTER AT LAUSANNE (1920-23) CONCLUSION

Über Autor(innen)

Nevzat Uyanik is an author and researcher on global political history of the last century, with a particular interest in the Near East.