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<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>New Publication:<SPAN class=440285904-19032008>
</SPAN>War, Epidemics and Medicine in the Late Ottoman Empire (1912-1918)
<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>By Oya Daglar<BR></FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>ISBN: 9789069210025</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Turquoise Series, 18 / Turkuaz Dizi,
18<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Publisher: Haarlem, Netherlands: SOTA,
2008.<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>386 pp., including many documents
published for the first time<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Price: Euro 47
+ postage</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>For more information and ordering please visit the
webpage dedicated to the book: </FONT><A
href="http://www.turkistan.org/daglar.htm"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.turkistan.org/daglar.htm</FONT></U></FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>From the back cover:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The Ottoman Empire spent its last century with
wars coming one after </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>another and as a
consequence had to suffer many physical as well as demographic casualties. With
a significant decrease in the population, one of the main factors that had kept
the Empire up disappeared and therefore the 600 year-old Empire collapsed at the
end of the First World War. This study focuses on the period of Balkan Wars and
the First World War, which affected the political history of the 20th century
deeply and </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>caused the collapse of the Ottoman
Empire, and examines the concerned </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>period in
terms of the epidemic diseases. Taking into account that wars are important
contributors in the emergence of epidemic diseases, I have attempted to evaluate
the destruction caused by the epidemic </FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>diseases during the war years and effects of these diseases on the
results of the wars in a historical framework.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>This particular study argues that, despite popular
belief, the decrease in the population was mainly caused by the epidemic
diseases and health problems, which emerged as a result of the wars, not by the
direct armed conflict at the front. Epidemic diseases seen as a consequence of
lack of hygiene during the war, congestion caused by mass movements </FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>like migration, and the inadequacy of the health services
resulted in the deaths of many servicemen and civilians. Since the loss of
manpower </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>during the war as a result of the
epidemic diseases directly affected the </FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>war-making capability of the Empire, the Ottoman government obligatorily
</FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>placed an importance on the health services.
However, despite all efforts, </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>none of the
precautions taken brought the desired level of success due to </FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>lack of proper health personnel. Nonetheless, precautions
taken against </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>diseases and the struggle made
during the war introduced modern medicine </FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>methods into the Empire and as a result important steps were taken for
the preservation of both military and public health. Furthermore, it is
</FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>beyond doubt that the experiences gained in
this period, in the long run, </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>constituted the
infrastructure of the developments seen in the area of </FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>health in the Republic of
Turkey.</FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>