Yusuf Turan Çetiner

Turkey and the West (eBook, ePUB)

From Neutrality to Commitment

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Turkey and the West: From Neutrality to Commitment considers the formulation of Turkish foreign policy in the post-Atatürk period of 1938 to 1958 and discusses Turkey's uneasy shift from neutrality to become a member of the Western Alliance. Turkey's decision to ally itself with the Western grouping of states shaped its apprehension of regional and world politics in decades to come. Turkey's choice, however, was neither adequately perceived nor fully appreciated in the volatile atmosphere of 1950s and onwards and went largely unnoticed on the part of Western democracies. A reinterpretation of Turkey's recent history throws considerable light on the complexities surrounding this strategically important country.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761861904
• Artikelnr.: 42132580

Autorenporträt

By Yusuf Turan Çetiner

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations Turkish Pronunciation Guide Foreword Acknowledgments 1. Scope
and the Contention 2. A Challenged Neutrality: Turkey Under the Pressure of
Emerging Rivals (1938-1940) 3. The War and Neutral Obligations: Turkish
Foreign Policy Vis-à-Vis the Shifting Sands of Wartime Diplomacy
(1941-1945) 4. Tensions Revealed: Prelude to War Cold and Hot, and the
Beginnings of the Turkish Quest for Security (1946) 5. Turkey's
Transformation Amidst Forceful Change and Turkish Strategies in Adapting to
a New Security Environment (1945-1947) 6. War, Cold: Launching of the
Western Security Pacts and a Re-Assessment of Turkish Role in the Middle
East (1948-1949) 7. War, Hot: The Test of Wills in the Korean War and the
Turkish Involvement in the Conflict (1950-1952) 8. The Northern Tier
Arrangements and the Prelude to Regional Divergences (1953-1958) 9.
Conclusion Bibliography Index of Names and Subjects About the Author