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Acknowledgments

N.

Frye,

William

Fuller,

OlegGrabar,Halil

Inalcik,WilliamH.

McNeill,the

lateSamuel

Sandmel,andAbraham

L.Udovitch.

PatriciaCroneand

RichardHellie

generouslyprovidedmewith

detailed

critiques

ofthe

entirework.

Conversationswith

Richard

W.

Bulliet,Ronald

Inden,andArthurN.

Waldron

helped

me

develop

mythoughts.

Joseph

F.

Fletcher,

Jr.,my

thesis

direc-

tor,

patiently read

through

many versions and--rare

in an

advisor--encouraged

me

tofollowan

interestandto

tryanin-

terpretationwhichare

myown.

Despitemuch

help,

Ialone

am

responsiblefor

any

errorsthat

may

remain.

Portionsofthiswork

have

previously

appeared

in

the

Journal

of

StrategicStudiesandthe

Jourralof

Turkish

Studiesandare

used

herewiththeir

permission.

O.P.

Chicago

December
1979