{"product_id":"turkey-and-the-soviet-union-onur-isci-9780755636624","title":"Turkey and the Soviet Union During World War II: Diplomacy, Discord and International Relations","description":"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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Onur Isci\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0755636627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780755636624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.53d","brand":"Onur Isci","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126951604479,"sku":"9780755636624","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_36560ea1-defc-400e-ab52-f0e4e1688059.jpg?v=1687451049","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/turkey-and-the-soviet-union-onur-isci-9780755636624","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}