Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Kaplan, Robert D.

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ISBN 10: 0375705767 ISBN 13: 9780375705762

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2001

Riassunto

The Atlantic Monthly correspondent take readers on a fascinating tour of the old Ottoman empire and argues that the collapse of this great power a century ago contributed to many of the conflicts in the Balkans and Central Asia. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"Erudite and intrepid... [Kaplan] is a deft guide to wherever he chooses to lead you."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Packed with provocative insights."
--Washington Monthly

"A graceful writer... Providing historical (and cultural and religious) context is what Kaplan does best."
--Los Angeles Times

L'autore:

Robert D. Kaplan is the bestselling author of sixteen books on foreign affairs and travel translated into many languages, including Asia’s Cauldron, The Revenge of Geography, Monsoon, The Coming Anarchy, and Balkan Ghosts. He is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a contributing editor at The Atlantic, where his work has appeared for three decades. He was chief geopolitical analyst at Stratfor, a visiting professor at the United States Naval Academy, and a member of the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board. Foreign Policy magazine has twice named him one of the world’s Top 100 Global Thinkers.
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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0375705767
• ISBN 13: 9780375705762
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384