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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828993503321

Autore

Hasanli Jamil

Titolo

Stalin and the Turkish crisis of the Cold War, 1945-1953 / / Jamil Hasanli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2011

ISBN

1-283-28357-3

9786613283573

0-7391-6808-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (745 p.)

Collana

The Harvard Cold War studies book series

Disciplina

327.47056109

327.47056109044

Soggetti

Cold War - Diplomatic history

Soviet Union Foreign relations Turkey

Turkey Foreign relations Soviet Union

Soviet Union Foreign relations 1945-1991

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction; Chapter 1: Soviet-Turkish Relations during the Second World War: From Neutrality to Escalating Tensions; Chapter 2: Increasing Soviet Pressure on Turkey and the Beginning of the War of Nerves; Chapter 3: Inclusion of the South Caucasus Republics in the Soviet Policy against Turkey; Chapter 4: Growth of Pro-American Sentiments in Turkey in Response to Increasing Soviet Pressures; Chapter 5: Soviet Plans on the Straits and Their Failure; Chapter 6: The War of Nerves between the Republics of the South Caucasus; Chapter 7: Turkey and the Truman Doctrine

Chapter 8: Escalation of the Cold War and Turkey's Entry into NATOConclusion; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents Western and Soviet policies on Turkey from the end of the Second World War until Stalin's death in 1953. It explains how Turkey became the first regional testing ground for the Soviet-Western confrontation, which emerged after the Second World War and came to be known as the Cold War.