Turkey and the Soviet Union During World War II : Diplomacy, Discord and International Relations Paperback / softback
by Onur (Bilkent University, Turkey) Isci
Part of the Library of World War II Studies series
Paperback / softback
Description
Based on newly accessible Turkish archival documents, Onur Isci's study details the deterioration of diplomatic relations between Turkey and the Soviet Union during World War II.
Turkish-Russian relations have a long history of conflict.
Under Ataturk relations improved – he was a master ‘balancer’ of the great powers.
During the Second World War, however, relations between Turkey and the Soviet Union plunged to several degrees below zero, as Ottoman-era Russophobia began to take hold in Turkish elite circles.
For the Russians, hostility was based on long-term apathy stemming from the enormous German investment in the Ottoman Empire; for the Turks, on the fear of Russian territorial ambitions.
This book offers a new interpretation of how Russian foreign policy drove Turkey into a peculiar neutrality in the Second World War, and eventually into NATO.
Onur Isci argues that this was a great reversal of Ataturk-era policies, and that it was the burden of history, not realpolitik, that caused the move to the west during the Second World War.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:20/05/2021
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- ISBN:9780755636624
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:20/05/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9780755636624
