@article{article_1107882, title={A Body of Work and Its Meaning}, journal={Türk Savaş Çalışmaları Dergisi}, volume={3}, pages={1–13}, year={2022}, DOI={10.52792/tws.1107882}, author={Erickson, Edward J.}, keywords={Askeri Tarih, Osmanlı ordusu, Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri}, abstract={Prof. Erickson retired as professor of military history at the Command and Staff College, Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia. He briefly served as a Scholar-in-Residence in the Clark Center for Global Engagement at the State University of New York at Cortland, New York. Prof. Erickson is a retired regular US Army lieutenant colonel. He is the recipient of two Bronze Star medals, the Legion of Merit, and numerous other military awards. Prof. Erickson is widely recognized as one of the foremost specialists on the Ottoman Army during the First World War. Among the numerous books he has written are Ordered to Die, A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War; Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912-1913; Gallipoli, The Ottoman Campaign; Ottomans and Armenians, A Study in Counterinsurgency; Gallipoli, Command under Fire; and Palestine, The Ottoman Campaigns 1914-1918. He is the co-author, with Prof. Mesut Uyar, of A Military History of the Ottomans, from Osman to Ataturk. His latest book co-authored by Prof. Mesut Uyar is titled Phase Line Attila, The Amphibious Campaign for Cyprus.}, number={1}, publisher={Mesut UYAR}