Stalin and the Turkish Crisis of the Cold War, 1945-1953

This book presents Western and Soviet policies on Turkey from the end of the Second World War until Stalin's death in 1953. It explains how Turkey became the first regional testing ground for the Soviet-Western confrontation, which emerged after the Second World War and came to be known as the Cold War.

List of contents

1 Introduction 2 Chapter I. Soviet-Turkish Relations during the Second World War: From Neutrality to Escalating Tensions 3 Chapter II. Increasing Soviet Pressure on Turkey and the beginning of the War of Nerves 4 Chapter III. Inclusion of the South Caucasus Republics in the Soviet Policy against Turkey 5 Chapter IV. Growth of pro-American Sentiments in Turkey in response to Increasing Soviet Pressures 6 Chapter V. Soviet Plans on the Straits and Their Failure 7 Chapter VI. The War of Nerves between the Republics of the South Caucasus 8 Chapter VII. Turkey and the Truman Doctrine 9 Chapter VIII. Escalation of the Cold War and Turkey's Entry into NATO 10 Conclusion 11 Bibliography

About the author

By Jamil Hasanli

Product details

• Authors: Jamil Hasanli, Hasanli Jamil, Jamil Hasanov
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9780739168073
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-6807-3
• No. of pages: 436
• Series: Harvard Cold War Studies Book; The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series; Harvard Cold War Studies Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, International Relations, Turkey, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, The Cold War, C 1945 To C 1960, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era