Background
Childs, Timothy Winston was born on May 28, 1935 in New York City. Son of Starling Winston Junior and Cynthia Russell (Cheney) Childs.
(In 1911 Italy, an aspiring Great Power, attacked Ottoman ...)
In 1911 Italy, an aspiring Great Power, attacked Ottoman Libya. Italian diplomacy had long anticipated this attack, but Italy's military was ill-prepared for it. The Ottoman Empire, distracted by internal dissension and by the expansionist designs of its Balkan neighbours, was woefully unready. This study examines how the belligerents dealt with the military and diplomatic stalemates into which the Libyan War degenerated, stalemates which were ended only by the outbreak of the First Balkan War in 1912, when the Ottomans were obliged to make peace with Italy to face more dangerous enemies nearer home. The Italo-Turkish War was the first armed clash between the lesser Great Powers immediately before 1914, leading inexorably to the deterioration of the Balkan situation and to Sarajevo. This is the first study based on the archives of the Ottoman Foreign Ministry for the period, as well as on better-known Italian sources.
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Childs, Timothy Winston was born on May 28, 1935 in New York City. Son of Starling Winston Junior and Cynthia Russell (Cheney) Childs.
Bachelor, Yale College, 1957; Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, 1961; Phd in European and Middle Eastern History, Georgetown University, 1982.
Trainee, unites states department State, Washington, 1961-1962;
junior officer, unites states department State, Washington, 1962-1964;
economics officer, unites states department State, Washington, 1965-1966;
political officer, aide to ambassador, United States Embassy, Tehran, Iran, 1966-1968;
political, economics officer, unites states department State, Washington, 1968-1970;
political officer, unites states department State, Washington, 1970-1972;
deputy examiner, unites states department State, Washington, 1972-1973;
resigned, unites states department State, Washington, 1973;
freelance writer, Washington, since 1973. Director American Near East Refugee Aid, Washington. Member board advisory editors Middle East Journal.
Board of Governors Middle East Institute, since 1994.
(In 1911 Italy, an aspiring Great Power, attacked Ottoman ...)
Trustee Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey, since 1980, Yale Library. Associates, 1995-1999, since 2000. Member development board Yale University, New Haven, 1984-1987, 92-95.
Member steering committee Friends Music, Smithsonian Institute, since 1994, chairman steering committee, 1993-1994. With United States Army, 1957-1959. Member Society of the Cincinnati (Virginia), Company Mil Historians, Metropolitan Club (Washington), Chevy Chase Club, Yeaman's Hall Club, Century Association.
Married Hope Stewart Kane, October 4, 1958. Children: Katherine Henley, John Davenport.