The Decline of the Ottoman Empire and The Rise of the Turkish Republic

Examines Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol’s diplomatic correspondence at a critical moment in Ottoman and Turkish history Documents the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, as portrayed by an American diplomatAnalyses Bristol’s views on the internal affairs of modern Turkey Provides alternative views on the inter-communal tensions in post-World War I AnatoliaBased on tens of thousands of primary documents from US and Turkish archives, private letters and memoirs In the immediate aftermath of World War I,