Italo-Turkish diplomacy and the war over Libya, 1911-1912 / / by Timothy W. Childs.

• Superior document: Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East ; Volume 42
• Author: Childs
• VerfasserIn: Childs, Timothy Winston,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : E.J. Brill,, [1990]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 1990
• Language: English
• Series: Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East ; Volume 42.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

In 1911 Italy, an aspiring Great Power, attacked Ottoman Libya. Italian diplomacy had long anticipated this attack, but Italy's military was ill-prepared for it. The Ottoman Empire, distracted by internal dissension and by the expansionist designs of its Balkan neighbours, was woefully unready. This study examines how the belligerents dealt with the military and diplomatic stalemates into which the Libyan War degenerated, stalemates which were ended only by the outbreak of the First Balkan War in 1912, when the Ottomans were obliged to make peace with Italy to face more dangerous enemies nearer home. The Italo-Turkish War was the first armed clash between the lesser Great Powers immediately before 1914, leading inexorably to the deterioration of the Balkan situation and to Sarajevo. This is the first study based on the archives of the Ottoman Foreign Ministry for the period, as well as on better-known Italian sources.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Timothy W. Childs -- Acknowledgments / Timothy W. Childs -- Author's Note on Spelling and Transliteration / Timothy W. Childs -- Preface / Timothy W. Childs -- Maps / Timothy W. Childs -- Chapter One Italian Diplomatic Preparations for the Libyan Enterprise; the Woes and Disarray of the Ottoman Empire / Timothy W. Childs -- Chapter Two To Be Malthusian Is Vile / Timothy W. Childs -- Chapter Three Italy Goes to War / Timothy W. Childs -- Chapter Four Military and Diplomatic Developments through Italy's Annexation Decree / Timothy W. Childs -- Chapter Five The Diplomatic Stalemate / Timothy W. Childs -- Chapter Six The Sazonov Mediation Attempts / Timothy W. Childs -- Chapter Seven Ottoman Problems in Libya; Italian Moves into the Aegean and Early Peace Feelers: The Volpi Mission / Timothy W. Childs -- Chapter Eight A Confusing July: The Abortive Peace Talks and the Collapse of the Sait Paşa Cabinet / Timothy W. Childs -- Chapter Nine The Negotiations Leading to the Peace of Lausanne-Phase One: 3 August to 15 September, 1912 / Timothy W. Childs -- Chapter Ten The Negotiations Leading to the Peace of Lausanne-Phase Two: 16 September to 18 October, 1912 / Timothy W. Childs -- Chapter Eleven Conclusions; Epilogue: Lausanne's Aftermath / Timothy W. Childs -- Appendices A-F / Timothy W. Childs -- Bibliography / Timothy W. Childs -- Index / Timothy W. Childs.