Organized spontaneity : the call to arms in the Ottoman public sphere on the eve of the war -- Conscription under total war conditions -- Volunteerism as a relationship of power : volunteers in the Ottoman Army -- Young boys into soldiers, the home front into barracks : attempts at permanent mobilization through paramilitary youth organizations -- The limits of Ottoman manpower mobilization : the problem of desertion and attempts to remobilize
Summary
The Ottoman Mobilization of Manpower in the First World War examines how the Ottoman Empire tried to cope with the challenges of permanent mobilization and how this process reshaped state-society relations in 1914-1918, focusing mainly on Anatolia and the Muslim population
