Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-167) and index.

1. Balkan War origins. Congress of Berlin. Balkan national aspirations. The Bosnian crisis. Albanian stirrings. Formation of the Balkan league. Preparations for war. Military forces -- 2. The First Balkan War: Thracian theater. Preparations. Outbreak of war. Lozengrad (Kirkkilise). Lyule Burgas - Buni Hisar. Chataldzha. Adrianople. Western Thrace and the Rhodopes -- 3. First Balkan War: western theater. Serbia. Kumanovo. Prilep. Bitola. Other Serbian operations. Montenegro. Scutari. Other Montenegrin operations. Greece. Thessaly. Salonika. Epirus. The war at sea -- 4. The armistice. Chataldzha armistice. London peace conference. London Ambassadors Conference. Bulgarian - Greek dispute. Bulgarian - Serbian dispute. Bulgarian - Romanian dispute. Young Turk coup -- 5. Three sieges. Bulair (Gallipoli). Janina. Albania. Adrianople. Chataldzha. Scutari -- 6. The interbellum. St. Petersburg Ambassadors Conference. Greek-Serbian alliance. Treaty of London. Explosion.

In The Balkan Wars 1912-1913, Richard Hall examines the origins, the enactment and the resolution of the Balkan Wars, during which the Ottoman Empire fought a Balkan coalition of Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia. The Balkan Wars of 1912 - 1913 opened an era of conflict in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century, which lasted until 1918, and which established a basis for problems which tormented Europe until the end of the century. Based on archival as well as published diplomatic and military sources, this book provides the first comprehensive perspective on the diplomatic and military aspects of the Balkan Wars. It demonstrates that, because of the diplomatic problems raised and the military strategies and tactics pursued to resolve those problems, The Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 were the first phase of the greater and wider conflict of the First World War.