Nicholas L. Danforth

The Remaking of Republican Turkey

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explores how Turkey first became a democracy and Western ally in the 1950s and why this is changing today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 537g
• ISBN-13: 9781108833240
• ISBN-10: 1108833241
• Artikelnr.: 60901988

Autorenporträt

Nicholas L. Danforth has written widely about Turkey, U.S. foreign policy, and the Middle East for publications including The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New York Times and the Washington Post. He received his Ph.D. in History from Georgetown University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. A Nation Votes: Democratic Modernity for the Masses
2. Turkey Attends the American Classroom: Modernization as U.S. Policy and Propaganda
3. Europe in Asia and Asia in Europe: Synthetic Identities and the Promise of Paradox
4. Multi-Purpose Empire: Reinventing Ottoman History in Republican Turkey
5. Istanbul Yesterday and Today: Making the Past Modern
6. Ottomans, Arabs and Americans: Geography and Identity in Turkish Diplomacy
7. The Path to Progress and to God: Islamic Modernism for the Cold War
Conclusion.