The Ottoman mobilization of manpower in the First World War : between voluntarism and resistance / / by Mehmet Beşikçi.

• Author: Beşikçi, Mehmet.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage 52.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; 1. Organized Spontaneity: The Call to Arms in the Ottoman Public Sphere on the Eve of the War /; 2. Conscription under Total War Conditions /; 3. Volunteerism as a Relationship of Power: Volunteers in the Ottoman Army /; 4. Young Boys into Soldiers, the Home Front into Barracks: Attempts at Permanent Mobilization through Paramilitary Youth Organizations /; 5. The Limits of Ottoman Manpower Mobilization: The Problem of Desertion and Attempts to Remobilize /; Conclusion /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283634805; 9004235299
• ISSN: 1380-6076
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Mehmet Beşikçi.

The Ottoman Mobilization of Manpower in the First World War offers a multi-faceted story of how the Ottoman Empire tried to cope with the challenges of permanent mobilization under total war conditions which reshaped state-society relations. By focusing mainly on Anatolia and the Muslim population, Mehmet Beşikçi argues that the conditions of mobilization pushed the Ottoman state to become more centralized, authoritarian and nationalist, but the increasing dependence on people paradoxically also enlarged their space of action vis-à-vis state authority. The book demonstrates that people’s responses to the state’s needs constituted a wide spectrum ranging from voluntary support to open resistance such as desertion. In turn, the state responded by revising its mobilization policies and reformulating new mechanisms of control at the local level.