Turkey and the Soviet Union During World War II

Diplomacy, Discord and International Relations

Onur Isci (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2021
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
9780755636624 (ISBN)

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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.

Onur Isci is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Bilkent University in Ankara, where he currently serves as the director of the Centre for Russian Studies. He received his PhD from Georgetown University with distinction.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	Library of World War II Studies
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 232 mm
Gewicht	400 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-13	9780755636624 / 9780755636624
Zustand	Neuware