Shattering Empires: The Clash and Collapse of the Ottoman and Russian Empires 1908–1918

Michael A. Reynolds's scholarly monograph on the clash and collapse of the Ottoman and Russian empires, 1908–1918.

Published by Cambridge University Press in 2011, this monograph examines the final decade of the Ottoman and Russian empires, focusing on their rivalry along the Caucasus borderland and the process of imperial collapse. It assesses the 1918 power vacuum in the South Caucasus and Ottoman policy from an international-relations perspective. For the collection, it is a key secondary work for understanding the geopolitical and diplomatic background to the Army of Islam's 1918 Azerbaijan campaign.