[Discussion] New Book: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire

[Onur İnal]

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Guns for the Sultan
Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire Series: =
Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

http://uk.cambridge.org/series/sSeries.asp?code=3DCSIC
Gabor Agoston=20
Georgetown University, Washington DC
Hardback
(ISBN-10: 0521843138 | ISBN-13: 9780521843133)
Published March 2005 | 298 pages | 234 x 160 mm

=A345.00
Gabor Agoston=B9s book contributes to an emerging strand of military =
history, which examines organised violence as a challenge to early =
modern states. His is the first to examine the weapons technology and =
armaments industries of the Ottoman Empire, the only Islamic empire that =
threatened Europe on its own territory in the age of the Gunpowder =
Revolution. Based on extensive research in the Turkish archives, the =
book affords new insights regarding the early success and subsequent =
failure of an Islamic empire against European adversaries. It =
demonstrates Ottoman flexibility and the existence of an early modern =
arms market and information exchange across the cultural divide, as well =
as Ottoman self-sufficiency in weapons production, well into the =
eighteenth century. Challenging Eurocentric scholarship, the book =
disputes the notion of Islamic conservatism and the Ottomans=B9 supposed =
technological inferiority. This is a discerning analysis which =
successfully contends traditional perceptions of Ottoman and Islamic =
history.

Comparative and broad-ranging account of Ottoman weapons technology in =
relation to European military prowess at the time Extensive research =
into Turkish archives uncovers new insights which challenge Orientalist =
and Eurocentric perceptions

Contributes to emerging literature on organised violence in early modern =
states

Contents
1. Introduction: firearms and armaments industries;=20
2. Gunpowder technology and the Ottomans;=20
3. Cannons and muskets;=20
4. Saltpeter industries;=20
5. Gunpowder industries;=20
6. Munitions and ordnance industries;=20
7. Conclusions: guns and empire.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DSylfaen><STRONG>Guns for the Sultan<BR>Military Power =
and the=20
Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire Series: Cambridge Studies in =
Islamic=20
Civilization<BR></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DSylfaen><A=20
href=3D"http://uk.cambridge.org/series/sSeries.asp?code=3DCSIC">http://uk=
.cambridge.org/series/sSeries.asp?code=3DCSIC</A><BR>Gabor=20
Agoston <BR>Georgetown University, Washington =
DC<BR>Hardback<BR>(ISBN-10:=20
0521843138 | ISBN-13: 9780521843133)<BR>Published March 2005 | 298 pages =
| 234 x=20
160 mm<BR><BR>=A345.00<BR>Gabor Agoston=B9s book contributes to an =
emerging strand=20
of military history, which examines organised violence as a challenge to =
early=20
modern states. His is the first to examine the weapons technology and =
armaments=20
industries of the Ottoman Empire, the only Islamic empire that =
threatened Europe=20
on its own territory in the age of the Gunpowder Revolution. Based on =
extensive=20
research in the Turkish archives, the book affords new insights =
regarding the=20
early success and subsequent failure of an Islamic empire against =
European=20
adversaries. It demonstrates Ottoman flexibility and the existence of an =
early=20
modern arms market and information exchange across the cultural divide, =
as well=20
as Ottoman self-sufficiency in weapons production, well into the =
eighteenth=20
century. Challenging Eurocentric scholarship, the book disputes the =
notion of=20
Islamic conservatism and the Ottomans=B9 supposed technological =
inferiority. This=20
is a discerning analysis which successfully contends traditional =
perceptions of=20
Ottoman and Islamic history.<BR><BR>Comparative and broad-ranging =
account of=20
Ottoman weapons technology in relation to European military prowess at =
the=20
time&nbsp;Extensive research into Turkish archives uncovers new insights =
which=20
challenge Orientalist and Eurocentric perceptions<BR><BR>Contributes to =
emerging=20
literature on organised violence in early modern =
states<BR><BR>Contents<BR>1.=20
Introduction: firearms and armaments industries; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DSylfaen>2. Gunpowder technology and the Ottomans; =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DSylfaen>3. Cannons and muskets; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DSylfaen>4. Saltpeter industries; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DSylfaen>5. Gunpowder industries; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DSylfaen>6. Munitions and ordnance industries; =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DSylfaen>7. Conclusions: guns and=20
empire.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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