1st Edition
Stalin’s Early Cold War Foreign Policy Southern Neighbours in the Shadow of Moscow, 1945-1947
By Jamil Hasanli
Copyright 2023
268 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
268 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
268 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Immediately after the Allied WW2 victory in Europe, claims were made by the Soviet Union over the eastern regions of Turkey, to secure direct control over the Bosporus, Dardanelles, and Turkish Straits. The detailed study of the international components of these events, featuring the veiled complexities of Stalin’s anti-Turkish diplomacy, provides a key to understanding crucial aspects of... Read more
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 Turkey in the Targets of Soviet Pressure: Eastern Provinces and Straits
3 Stalin’s Expansionist Strategy in Iranian Azerbaijan: Between Oil and Territories
4 Iranian Azerbaijan: The First Test Site of the Cold War
5 Stalin’s Adventure in Eastern Turkestan: Game With China
6 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Dr. Jamil Hasanli is a research fellow at the SAS – IHR of the University of London. His monographs have been published in the United States, United Kingdom, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey, Iran, and Hong Kong. He is an honorary member of the Turkish Historical Society and American Historical Association.






