This study tracks the growth of the Ottoman Army as a professional institution from the perspective of the Ottomans themselves, by using previously untapped Ottoman source materials.
Mesut Uyar a Graduate of Turkish Military Academy, is a career military officer. He is formerly lecuturer of international relations and curator of the archive and museum at the Turkish Military Academy. Lt. Col. Edward J. Erickson, US Army (retired) is a combat veteran of the first and second Gulf Wars. He has a PhD from the University of Leeds. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the Ottoman Army during the early twentieth century.
