Ataturk (Profiles In Power)

Type

Book

Authors

Alexander Lyon Macfie

ISBN 10

0582078636

ISBN 13

9780582078635

Tags

Asia, Turkey, Military, World

Description

This concise account of the life and career of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881--1938), the formidable "founder of modern Turkey", offers a substantial revaluation of a key figure in modern history, and also an introduction to the Turkish republic itself. It is a timely study with Turkey again at the centre of international attention, as Islamic fundamentalists challenge many of Atatürk's westernising and secularizing reforms, and as the regional aftershocks of the Soviet collapse reopen profound questions about Turkey's nature, role and relationships Atatürk had sought to settle for good. - from Amzon

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