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Eastern Europe since 1970 1 review
Bulent Gokay
Longman, 2001
Why Did Communist System Fail?
This small book is a very useful guide to understand the reasons and origins of the collapse of the state-socialist regimes in Eastern Europe. Particularly the sections on the "international debt crisis" and the negative impact of the IMF and the World Bank on the socialist regimes of Eastern Europe are thougt-provoking and very helpful. In this way, the book prepares the ground for a ...
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British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office of Confidential Print, Part ...
Lexis Nexis, 2006
2006 Publication
ISBN: 088692720X
This selection of documents from the Foreign Office Confidential Print covers the period from January to December 1952 and deals with Afghanistan and Arabia.
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Soviet Eastern Policy and Turkey, 1920-1991 (Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe)
Bulent Gokay
Routledge, 2006
Gokay provides an enlightening book that traces the relationship between the Soviet Union and Turkey on the one hand, and the Soviet Union and the Turkish Communist Party on the other, from the consolidation of the communist regime in Moscow until its fall. The book considers how 'Soviet Eastern Policy' was formed, how it changed over time, what the Soviet leaders hoped to gain in Turkey, and what impact Soviet policy had on the development of ...
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A Clash of Empires: Turkey between Russian Bolshevism and British Imperialism, 1918-1923 (Library of Modern ...2 reviews
Bulent Gokay
I. B. Tauris, 1997
A Clash of Empires
This concise and lucidly written book deals with a series of key events in 1918-23 which conditioned the rise of modern Turkey and decided the fate of the Cauacsus. By using new data Gokay subjects them to a new and well-integrated analysis that provides a clearer perspective about the policies of all the forces involved in the struggle for the Caucasus and Anatolia. Convincingly an coherently, ...
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The Politics of Caspian Oil2 reviews
Palgrave Macmillan, 2001
geo-economics
At the end of the Cold War, Eurasia emerged as the world's axial supercontinent. The lure of enormous reserves in the Caspian Sea region has made the region the focus of fierce competition between multinationals and the powerful states. This book is about this important geo-economic struggle and provides an essential background to understand the recent conflict in the region, from Afghanistan ...
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11 September 2001
Bulent Gokay
Frank Cass, 2003
What special vulnerabilities does the world of the 21st century have to terrorist attacks? What kind of role does the United States see itself playing as the world's only superpower in the coming decades? How should we now characterize the conduct of the US foreign policy? Answers to such questions are perhaps not much clearer now than they were immediately after the attacks, but one of the more positive effects of these attacks has been to ...
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The New American Imperialism: Bush's War on Terror and Blood for Oil
Vassilis K. Fouskas, Bulent Gokay
Praeger Security International General Interest-Cloth, 2005
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the Cold War slowly gave way to a new world order in which the United States was left as the lone superpower. But the organizing principle that would characterize the early 21st century was as yet unclear, until the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Now it is clear that the long war on Communism has been replaced by a perpetual "war on terror." Regardless of how long American troops remain in Iraq, ...
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Politics of Oil: A Survey
Routledge, 2006
This new title presents key information on the oil industry world-wide, and will be of interest to anyone involved in or studying oil production, processing, and selling. Oil has long been at the forefront of political agendas, and with increased tensions in the Middle East, there has never been a greater need for up-to-date, reliable information on this key industry. Includes: * An A-Z glossary listing important terms * Essays covering the ...
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British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office of Confidential Print, Part ...
Lexis Nexis, 2006
ISBN: 088692720X
This selection of documents from the Foreign Office Confidential Print covers the period from January to December 1952 and deals with Afghanistan and Arabia
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