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Britain, Turkey and the Soviet Union, 1940–45


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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan Date & Lieu : 2009, Cambridge
Préface : Pages : 280
Traduction : ISBN : 978-0-230-22147-5
Langue : AnglaisFormat : 120x200 mm
Thème : Histoire

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Britain, Turkey and the Soviet Union, 1940–45

Britain, Turkey and the Soviet Union, 1940–45
Strategy, Diplomacy and Intelligence in the Eastern Mediterranean

 

The archival research for this book was carried out as part of a doctoral thesis for the University of Cambridge between 2003 and 2006. This research was funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

I would especially like to thank Professor David Reynolds for his support and advice during both my doctoral research and the preparation of this book for publication. Other friends and colleagues who have provided assistance along the way include Simon Ball, Patrick Driscoll, Caroline Erskine, David French, Evan Mawdsley, Phillips O’Brien and Richard Toye. Thanks to John Elvy for his assistance with map production.


Introduction

This book explores the role of Turkey in British strategy and diplomacy during the Second World War, with a particular emphasis on Turkey’s place in the changing relationship between Britain and the Soviet Union. Although Turkey did not declare war on Germany until February 1945, it had a treaty of alliance with Britain, and occupied an important strategic location in the eastern Mediterranean, between Axis-held Europe and the British Empire in the Middle East. This book draws on the latest archival releases – including those from the secret world of British intelligence – to offer the first comprehensive analysis of Anglo-Turkish relations during the Second World War. It seeks to bridge the gap ‘between world war and cold war,’ and fill a significant gap in the international history of the 1940s. This is the first study to properly contextualise Turkey’s place in British strategy at each of three key stages in the war effort – in the Balkans in the winter of 1940–41; on the ‘Northern Front’ in 1941–42; and in the eastern Mediterranean in 1943. It also addresses Turkey’s prominent role in British post-war planning from the summer of 1943, and demonstrates some of the emerging strategic dilemmas in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, which dominated British external policy after 1945.





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