{"product_id":"turkey-and-the-soviet-union-onur-isci-9781788311342","title":"Turkey and the Soviet Union During World War II: Diplomacy, Discord and International Relations","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 1788311345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788311342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e I. B. Tauris \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Onur Isci","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48445714825471,"sku":"9781788311342","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8406d460-850e-4067-8cda-379f3ed7d027.jpg?v=1777220198","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/turkey-and-the-soviet-union-onur-isci-9781788311342","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}