The Turkish Arms Embargo (eBook)

Drugs, Ethnic Lobbies, and US Domestic Politics

James F. Goode (Autor)

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2020
206 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-7971-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Drawing on newly available archival materials from the Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter Presidential Libraries, James F. Goode offers a revolutionary analysis of the complex factors leading to the imposition and continuance of the 19751978 Turkish Arms Embargo. He demonstrates that, alone, the human rights issues surrounding the Republic of Turkey's invasion of Cyprus fail to explain the resulting US-Turkish estrangement. Instead, he contends, factors including deep-seated "e;Turkophobia,"e; growing concern about a deadly heroin epidemic in the United States, and pro-Greek lobbies played important roles in heightening tensions and extending the embargo.This timely study will not only change how this period is understood, but it will also provide valuable insights into the future of international relations in the Middle East and beyond.

Autor

James F. Goode is professor emeritus of history at Grand Valley State University and former director of its Middle East Studies program. He is the author of The United States and Iran, 1946–51: The Diplomacy of Neglect, The United States and Iran: In the Shadow of Musaddiq, and Negotiating for the Past: Archaeology, Nationalism, and Diplomacy in the Middle East, 1919–1941.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Preface
1. Background to Crisis
2. Killing America's Children: The Heroin Crisis
3. Making Turkey Pay
4. Turning Congress
5. "They Have Made a Mess of Cyprus"
6. The Embargo Must Go
7. Conclusion
8. Epilogue: De Facto Partition
Acknowledgements
Appendix: The International Debate over Human Rights Violations
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.8.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
• Zusatzinfo: 24 b&w halftones, 2 maps
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Schlagworte: archbishop iakovos of america • Congress • Cyprus • Drug Enforcement Agency • Eastern Mediterranean • Embargo • Gerald Ford • Greece • Greek Americans • Human Rights • iakovos • Jimmy Carter • Middle East • NATO • Opium • presidential libraries • Turkey • turkish arms embargo • turkish relations • Turkophobia • US Congress • us-turkish relations
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-7971-8 / 0813179718
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-7971-1 / 9780813179711