The Origins of the Cold War in the Near East
Subtitle: great power conflict and diplomacy in Iran, Turkey, and Greece
By: Bruce Robellet Kuniholm. --
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Princeton, N. J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
Subjects: Russia -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Russia; Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945-; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953
Description: The author takes a regional perspective to focus on postwar diplomacy in Iran, Turkey, and Greece and efforts in these countries to maintain their independence from the Great Powers. Drawing on a wide variety of secondary sources, government documents, private papers, unpublished memoirs, and extensive interviews with key figures, he shows how the traditional struggle for power along the Northern Tier was a major factor in the origins and development of the Cold War between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 441-468. *** Includes index.

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