TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aksan,Virginia H.
TI  - Ottoman wars 1700-1870: an empire besieged 
T2  - Modern wars in perspective
SN  - 0582308070
AV  - DR542 .A37 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Harlow, England
PB  - Longman/Pearson
KW  - Warfare and history
KW  - Turkey
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - 19th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [522]-558) and index; -- The political map of Central and Eastern Europe circa 1700; -- The Ottoman system; -- From Prut to Belgrade: illusions of success and failure; -- The Austrian -Russian -Ottoman Danube waltz, 1768-92; -- Selim III and the new order (Nizâm-ı Cedid); -- The internal and external challenges to Selim III; -- Mahmud II and the new absolutism; -- The Auspicious occasion and its consequences; -- An empire returns to war; -- From Tanzimat to Crimean War; -- Completing the northern arc
ER  -