Turkey - Anglo-American Security Interests, 1945-1952 : The First Enlargement of NATO

ISBN-13: 9780714648552 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 274 str.

Ekavi Athanassopoulou

Opis

The first enlargement of NATO in 1952, to include Turkey and Greece, integrated the eastern Mediterranean with west European strategic planning and consolidated the American presence in the region. At the end of the millennium, Turkey's inclusion in NATO seems natural, given Soviet pressure against the country in 1945-46 and its geostrategic position. Yet in the early post-war period this was not a foregone conclusion in the minds of policy-makers in Washington and, particularly, in London, despite Ankara's relentless efforts after 1947 to obtain an American security guarantee.

Spis treści

Millenium

"a well researched and detailed account...provides many fascinating examples...aids both our historical and contemporary understanding of the geographical significance of Turkey and the country"s strategic orientation."



Middle East Journal

"The book is written with imagination, understanding, profound insights, and scholarly detachment. Any student of Turkish foreign policy or anyone interested in studying the ability of the small powers to shape the policies of the great powers must read this first-rate study."



Diplomacy and Statecraft

"a fine piece of historical writing that illuminates a vitally important area of post-war diplomatic history and will provide the standard text for those studying Turkey"s relations with the West in the early Cold War period"



Middle Eastern Studies Association Bulletin

"Athanassapoulou"s book is an excellent and well-documented study of the first enlargement of NATO

O autorze

Ekavi Athanassopoulou