The Origins of the Cold War in the Near East : : Great Power Conflict and Diplomacy in Iran, Turkey, and Greece / / Bruce Robellet Kuniholm.

Bruce Kuniholm takes a regional perspective to focus on postwar diplomacy in Iran, Turkey, and Greece and efforts in these countries to maintain their independence from the Great Powers. Drawing on a wide variety of secondary sources, government documents, private papers, unpublished memoirs, and ex...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1980
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:With a New epilogue by the author
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 732
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Physical Description:1 online resource (536 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of Maps --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
Abbreviations --
Part I. SOURCES OF GREAT POWER RIVALRY ALONG THE NORTHERN TIER --
Part II. THE NORTHERN TIER AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE COLD WAR --
EPILOGUE. Reflections on Writing History and the Historiography of the Origins of the Cold War in the Near East1 --
APPENDIX A. The Organization of the Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs (NEA) --
APPENDIX B. The "Truman Doctrine" --
Selected Bibliography --
Index
Summary:Bruce Kuniholm takes a regional perspective to focus on postwar diplomacy in Iran, Turkey, and Greece and efforts in these countries to maintain their independence from the Great Powers. Drawing on a wide variety of secondary sources, government documents, private papers, unpublished memoirs, and extensive interviews with key figures, he shows how the traditional struggle for power along the Northern Tier was a major factor in the origins and development of the Cold War between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781400855759
9783110413441
9783110413519
9783110442496
DOI:10.1515/9781400855759
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Bruce Robellet Kuniholm.