عنوان

Economic warfare and the evolution of the Allied blockade of the Eastern Mediterranean: August 1914-April 1917

Number

TL48206

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Economic warfare and the evolution of the Allied blockade of the Eastern Mediterranean: August 1914-April 1917

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Lindsey Cummings

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Aksakal, Mustafa

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Georgetown University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2015

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

106

Text of Note

Committee members: Tamari, Salim

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-71236-0

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

Discipline of degree

Arab Studies

Body granting the degree

Georgetown University

Text preceding or following the note

2015

Text of Note

On August 25, 1915 the Allied Powers officially declared the entirety of the Ottoman Empire's Mediterranean coast under blockade after nearly a year of war and several months of direct hostilities with Ottoman troops. This blockade, while acknowledged to have played a role in producing severe shortages and civilian famine, remains understudied as an aspect of Allied policy during the First World War. This thesis critically examines the evolution of the blockade, particularly as it was manifested off the coast of Ottoman Syria where supply shortages and famine was particularly acute, in order to add dimension and depth to an aspect of the war that was both militarily significant and had a profound impact on daily civilian life throughout the war. The blockade of the Syrian coast was not a singular policy that emerged at the beginning of the war and remained constant; rather, it evolved over the first several years of the war in response to changing political and military circumstances and became fixed toward the end of 1915. The Allies had full knowledge that a blockade of the Ottoman Empire's Mediterranean coast would produce food and supply shortages to the detriment of the empire's civilian populations; however, this reality was understood as a necessary by-product of their wartime policies.

Middle Eastern history; Military history

Subject Term

Social sciences;Allied powers;Blockade;Economic warfare;Mediterranean sea;Ottoman empire

Habeeb, Anan

Aksakal, Mustafa

Subdivision

Arab Studies

Georgetown University

Call Number

1680593991; 1587422

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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