The Turkish arms embargo : drugs, ethnic lobbies, and US domestic politics /

The Turkish arms embargo : drugs, ethnic lobbies, and US domestic politics /

American ties to the Republic of Turkey and earlier to the Ottoman Empire have a long and sometimes tumultuous history. After World War II, as the United States and the Soviet Union drifted apart, the Truman administration did what it could to strengthen ties with Turkey. The greatest threat to harm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goode, James F., 1944- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2020]
Series:Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace.
Subjects:
Military assistance, American > Turkey.
Drug traffic > Turkey.
Greek Americans > Political activity > 20th century.
United States > Military relations > Turkey.
Turkey > Military relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Turkey.
Turkey > Foreign relations > United States.
Cyprus > History > Turkish Invasion, 1974.
United States > Politics and government > 1974-1977.
Table of Contents:
  • Background to Crisis
  • Killing America's Children: The Heroin Crisis
  • Making Turkey Pay
  • Turning Congress
  • "They Have Made a Mess of Cyprus"
  • The Embargo Must Go.