The Turkish Arms Embargo (eBook)

Drugs, Ethnic Lobbies, and US Domestic Politics

James F. Goode (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
206 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-7971-1 (ISBN)

Infos

In August 1974, while Richard Nixon resigned and Gerald Ford began a prolonged battle with Congress over executive power, a crisis was occurring in Cyprus. Desperate to shore up its declining popularity with a foreign policy triumph, the military government of Greece tried to overthrow the government of the independent island nation. In response, the Republic of Turkey invaded Cyprus in order to protect Turkish Cypriots. The invasion led to the downfall of the junta in Athens, the beginning of a United States embargo on arms sales to its ally Turkey, and years of increased tension and mistrust between the two nations.

In his book, James F. Goode offers a revolutionary analysis of the complex factors leading to the imposition and continuance of the 1975--1978 Turkish Arms Embargo. He demonstrates that, alone, the human rights issues surrounding the invasion fail to explain the resulting US-Turkish estrangement. Instead, he contends, factors including deep-seated "Turkophobia," growing concern about a deadly heroin epidemic in the United States, and pro-Greek lobbies played important roles in heightening tensions and extending the embargo.

Goode draws on newly available archival materials from the Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter Presidential Libraries as well as the often-overlooked personal papers of key congressmen to present the most complete analysis of the affair to date. This timely study will not only change how this period is understood, but it will also provide valuable insights into the future of international relations in the Middle East and beyond.

Autor

lt;P>James F. Goode is professor emeritus of history at Grand Valley State University and former director of its Middle East Studies program. He is the author of The United States and Iran, 1946-- 51: The Diplomacy of Neglect, The United States and Iran: In the Shadow of Musaddiq, and Negotiating for the Past: Archaeology, Nationalism, and Diplomacy in the Middle East, 1919-- 1941.

Inhalt

Background to CrisisKilling America's Children: The Heroin CrisisMaking Turkey PayTurning CongressThey Have Made a Mess of CyprusThe Embargo Must GoConclusionEpilogue: De Facto Partition

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.8.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
• Zusatzinfo: 24 b&w halftones, 2 maps
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Schlagworte: archbishop iakovos of america • Congress • Cyprus • Drug Enforcement Agency • Eastern Mediterranean • Embargo • Gerald Ford • Greece • Greek Americans • Human Rights • iakovos • Jimmy Carter • Middle East • NATO • Opium • presidential libraries • Turkey • turkish arms embargo • turkish relations • Turkophobia • US Congress • us-turkish relations
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-7971-8 / 0813179718
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-7971-1 / 9780813179711