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I. A German superman at Constantinople 3
II. The “Boss System” in the Ottoman Empire and how it proved useful to Germany 20
III. “The personal representative of the Kaiser.” Wangenheim opposes the sale of American warships to Greece 41
IV. Germany mobilizes the Turkish army 61
V. Wangenheim smuggles the Goeben and the Breslau through the Dardanelles 68
VI. Wangenheim tells the American Ambassador how the Kaiser started the war 82
VII. Germany’s plans for new territories, coaling stations, and indemnities 90
VIII. A classic instance of German propaganda 96
IX. Germany closes the Dardanelles and so separates Russia from her Allies 105
X. Turkey’s abrogation of the capitulations. Enver living in a palace, with plenty of money and an imperial bride 112
XI. Germany forces Turkey into the war 123
XII. The Turks attempt to treat alien enemies decently, but the Germans insist on persecuting them 130
XIII. The invasion of the Notre Dame de Sion School 147
XIV. Wangenheim and the Bethlehem Steel Company. A “Holy War” that was made in Germany 157
XV. Djemal, a troublesome Mark Antony. The first German attempt to get a German peace 171
XVI. The Turks prepare to flee from Constantinople and establish a new capital in Asia Minor. The Allied fleet bombarding the Dardanelles 184
XVII. Enver as the man who demonstrated “the vulnerability of the British fleet.” Old-fashioned defenses of the Dardanelles 202
XVIII. The Allied armada sails away, though on the brink of victory 217
XIX. A fight for three thousand civilians 232
XX. More adventures of the foreign residents 253
XXI. Bulgaria on the auction block 262
XXII. The Turk reverts to the ancestral type
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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