Table of Contents

1: The Ottoman army; 2: Reform and revolution, 1789–1908; 3: The Young Turks and their enemies, 1908–1918; 4: The Turkish Republic and its army, 1918–1945; 5: The path to a coup, 1945–1960; 6: The military as rulers, 1960–1961; 7: Challenge, accommodation and crisis, 1961–1971; 8: The 12 March regime, 1971–1973; 9: Political collapse and the third military intervention, 1973–1980; 10: The 12 September regime, 1980–1983; 11: The military disengages, 1983–1993; 12: Turkish politics and the military

About the Author

William Hale

Reviews

`Dr Hale is now Britain's leading academic authority on Turkey, and his new book will be required reading for any would-be student of that country and the role of the Turkish military. ... few authors have done as well in summarising Turkey's recent complex history. - The Rusi Journal