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The US-Turkish-NATO Middle East Connection: How the Truman Doctrine and Turkey's NATO Entry Contained the Soviets
George McGhee
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Description for The US-Turkish-NATO Middle East Connection: How the Truman Doctrine and Turkey's NATO Entry Contained the Soviets
Hardcover. A description of how the United States reacted to the "Cold War" in the Middle East after World War II and how the United States provided Turkey with military assistance. It examines the successful efforts of the US to get Turkey into NATO which blocked Soviet entry. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
This book describes the historical background of the Middle East and, in particular, Turkey, prior to the end of World War II. It takes up the various steps taken by the United States to combat Soviet moves after the war to take over this strategic area. It describes the inception of the Truman Doctrine to rearm and strengthen Greece and Turkey in the face of British withdrawal, the unsuccessful efforts made by the United States and Britain to establish a Middle East command or defense organisation, and the successful U.S. efforts to get Turkey into NATO, which blocked Soviet entry. ... Read more
This book describes the historical background of the Middle East and, in particular, Turkey, prior to the end of World War II. It takes up the various steps taken by the United States to combat Soviet moves after the war to take over this strategic area. It describes the inception of the Truman Doctrine to rearm and strengthen Greece and Turkey in the face of British withdrawal, the unsuccessful efforts made by the United States and Britain to establish a Middle East command or defense organisation, and the successful U.S. efforts to get Turkey into NATO, which blocked Soviet entry. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333498927
SKU
V9780333498927
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Ref
99-15
About George McGhee
PATRICK McGHEE is Dean of Cultural, Legal and Social Studies at the University of Central Lancashire.
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