American Turkish Encounters : Politics and Culture, 1830-1989.

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Turkey and the United States have been critically important to each other since the beginning of the Cold War, although their relationship has faced a rocky road in the aftermath of developments following 9/11. Because scholarship on its roots has been relatively limited, Americans and Turks, as well as others who focus more generally on geopolitical alliances, would profit from an in-depth understanding of a history that spans the period from the beginning of the 19th century to the end of t ...

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TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; THE HISTORICAL STAGE; AFTER MERCHANTS, BEFORE AMBASSADORS; EARLY MISSIONS AND EASTERN CHRISTIANITY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE; ROBERT COLLEGE; THE LONG JOURNEY OF CYRUS HAMLIN; TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LOCAL HISTORY; YOUNG TURK RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES, 1908-1918; OTTOMAN DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PERSONNEL IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1867-1917; THE INTERWAR YEARS; A PALAZZO ON THE BOSPHORUS; ADMIRAL MARK BRISTOL AND THE TURKISH REPUBLIC, 1923-1925; THE U.S. AND THE SANCAK QUESTION; WORLD WAR II; THE COLD WAR.

REINTERPRETING TURKEY'S MARSHALL PLANAMERICAN PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR AID TO TURKEY AFTER WORLD WAR II; THE FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN-TURKISH ALLIANCE AND ITS IMPACT ON DOMESTIC POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN TURKEY FROM 1940 TO 1960; THE ONE COALITION THEY CRAVED TO JOIN; THE AMERICAN COLD WAR MILITARY PRESENCE IN TURKEY; REVISITING THE ORIGINS OF THE CYPRUS CONFLICT; CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUALINTERACTION; TRANSFERRING AMERICAN MODELS FOR EDUCATION IN BUSINESS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION TO TURKEY, 1950-1970; THE COLD WAR, JAZZ, AND TURKEY; TURKISH-AMERICA ON STAGE.

PERCEPTIONS OF AMERICAN AID AS REFLECTED IN POLITICAL CARTOONS PUBLISHED IN TURKISH HUMOR MAGAZINES,1945-1960REGIONAL SECURITY ISSUES AND U.S TURKISH RELATIONS DURING THE 1980S; TURKISH AMERICAN HISTORY REFLECTED IN THE LIFE STORY OF HOWARD A. REED; CONTRIBUTORS.

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