Turkey, the Great Powers, and the Bagdad Railway, by Edward Mead Earle

About this eBook

Author

Earle, Edward Mead, 1894-1954

Title

Turkey, the Great Powers, and the Bagdad Railway: A study in imperialism

Credits

Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

Turkey -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1960

Category

Text

eBook-No.

66221

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66221

Release Date

September 5, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Turkey, The Great Powers, and The Bagdad Railway
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.MAPS
5. 5.CHAPTER I AN ANCIENT TRADE ROUTE IS REVIVED
6. 6.CHAPTER II BACKWARD TURKEY INVITES ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION — Turkish Sovereignty is a Polite Formality — The Natural Wealth of Asiatic Turkey Offers Alluring Opportunities — Forces Are at Work for Regeneration — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
7. 7.CHAPTER III GERMANS BECOME INTERESTED IN THE NEAR EAST — The First Rails Are Laid — The Traders Follow the Investors — The German Government Becomes Interested — German Economic Interests Make for Near Eastern Imperialism — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
8. 8.CHAPTER IV THE SULTAN MORTGAGES HIS EMPIRE — The Germans Overcome Competition — The Bagdad Railway Concession Is Granted — The Locomotive Is to Supplant the Camel — The Sultan Loosens the Purse-Strings — Some Turkish Rights Are Safeguarded — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
9. 9.CHAPTER V PEACEFUL PENETRATION PROGRESSES — The Financiers Get Their First Profits — The Bankers’ Interests Become More Extensive — Broader Business Interests Develop — Sea Communications are Established — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
10. 10.CHAPTER VI THE BAGDAD RAILWAY BECOMES AN IMPERIAL ENTERPRISE — Political Interests Come to the Fore — Religious and Cultural Interests Reënforce Political and Economic Motives — Some Few Voices are Raised in Protest — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
11. 11.CHAPTER VII RUSSIA RESISTS AND FRANCE IS UNCERTAIN — Russia Voices Her Displeasure — The French Government Hesitates — French Interests are Believed to be Menaced — The Bagdad Railway Claims French Supporters — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII GREAT BRITAIN BLOCKS THE WAY — Early British Opinions Are Favorable — The British Government Yields to Pressure — Vested Interests Come to the Fore — Imperial Defence Becomes the Primary Concern — British Resistance is Stiffened by the Entente — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
13. 13.CHAPTER IX THE YOUNG TURKS ARE WON OVER — A Golden Opportunity Presents Itself to the Entente Powers — The Germans Achieve a Diplomatic Triumph — The German Railways Justify Their Existence — The Young Turks Have Some Mental Reservations — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
14. 14.CHAPTER X BARGAINS ARE STRUCK — The Kaiser and the Tsar Agree at Potsdam — French Capitalists Share in the Spoils — The Young Turks Conciliate Great Britain — British Imperial Interests Are Further Safeguarded — Diplomatic Bargaining Fails to Preserve Peace — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
15. 15.CHAPTER XI TURKEY, CRUSHED TO EARTH, RISES AGAIN — Nationalism and Militarism Triumph at Constantinople — Asiatic Turkey Becomes One of the Stakes of the War — Germany Wins Temporary Domination of the Near East — “Berlin to Bagdad” Becomes But a Memory — To the Victors Belong the Spoils — “ The Ottoman Empire is Dead. Long Live Turkey! ” — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
16. 16.CHAPTER XII THE STRUGGLE FOR THE BAGDAD RAILWAY IS RESUMED — Germany is Eliminated and Russia Withdraws — France Steals a March and Is Accompanied by Italy — British Interests Acquire a Claim to the Bagdad Railway — America Embarks upon an Uncharted Sea — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
17. 17.INDEX

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