| Turkey and the War on Terror: 'For Forty Years We Fought Alone' Contributor(s): Mango, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415350018 ISBN-13: 9780415350013 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: Turkey has been the target of terrorism since the 1960s but until President George W. Bush declared his war on terror, Turkish efforts to fight terrorists enjoyed little sympathy in the West. Comments were mostly focused on the justifications advanced by terrorists and on complaints that human rights were violated in the course of anti-terrorist operations. 9/11 and then the terrorist attacks on British targets and on synagogues in Istanbul in November 2003 have led to a re-evaluation of the costs that terrorism has imposed on Turkey and to a greater readiness to cooperate with Turkish authorities in facing the continuing menace of terror. The time is now ripe to examine the history of terrorism inside Turkey and against Turkish targets outside the country, and to consider the extent to which it has harmed the country's peaceful development. Andrew Mango, who has spent his professional life following and analysing current affairs in Turkey, tells this story to which the West has until recently closed its ears. This book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of Turkey, terrorism, security studies and international relations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Turkey & Ottoman Empire - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 956.103 |
| LCCN: 2005002949 |
| Series: Contemporary Security Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.38" W x 9.5" (0.70 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Cultural Region - Turkey |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since the 1970s, Turkey has suffered 35,000 deaths through terrorism, yet the PKK terror group was only recognized as such by the European Union in 2002. The realization that terrorism poses a world-wide threat is now forcing a keen reassessment of the struggle which Turkey has had to wage with terror for over thirty years while the world looked on. Terror is clearly now a key part of the international agenda and this authoritative account details and establishes the Turkish experience. This chronological account of terrorist attacks inside Turkey and against Turkish targets outside the country, places them in the global setting. This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of international relations, terrorism and security studies. |