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Eastward to Tartary / Robert D. Kaplan.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaplan, Robert D., 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kaplan, Robert D., 1952-.
- Travel.
- Balkan Peninsula--Description and travel.
- Balkan Peninsula.
- Balkan Peninsula--History.
- History.
- Middle East--Description and travel.
- Middle East.
- Middle East--History.
- Caucasus--Description and travel.
- Caucasus.
- Caucasus--History.
- Kaplan, Robert D., 1952---Travel.
- Kaplan, Robert D.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 364 pages : maps ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Vintage Departures edition.
- Other Title:
- Half title: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Vintage Books, 2001.
- Summary:
- In Eastward to Tartary, Robert D. Kaplan takes us on a spellbinding journey into the heart of a little-known but volatile region, stretching from Romania and Bulgaria to the far shores of the oil-rich Caspian Sea. As in Kaplan's bestselling Balkan Ghosts, it is a journey over land and through history, an introduction to an important and potentially explosive part of the world that is destined to be the new fault line between East and West.
- Through dramatic stories of unforgettable characters past and present, Kaplan illuminates the tragic history of this unstable region that he describes as the Balkans of the future. He ventures from Turkey, Syria, and Israel to the turbulent countries of the Caucasus, from the newly rich city of Baku to the deserts of Turkmenistan and the killing fields of Armenia. Kaplan's flair for historical insight, coupled with vivid observations from his travels through this mysterious land of toppled regimes and ancient feuds, makes fascinating reading for anyone concerned about the state of our world in the decades to come.
- Contents:
- Part I The Balkans
- 1. Rudolf Fischer, Cosmopolitan 3
- 2. Heading East 12
- 3. The Widening Chasm 18
- 4. Third World Europe 29
- 5. Balkan Realists 39
- 6. Pivot State 49
- 7. "Civilizational Choice" 58
- 8. Wrestlers Versus Democrats 68
- 9. The Legacy of Orthodoxy 78
- 10. "To the City" 85
- Part II Turkey and Greater Syria
- 11. The "Deep State" 93
- 12. The "Corpse in Armour" 104
- 13. The New Caliphate 115
- 14. The Sacred and the Profane 126
- 15. The Corporate Satellite 147
- 16. The Caravan State 170
- 17. Crossing the Jordan 184
- 18. Sepphoris and the Renewal of Judaism 195
- 19. Throbbing Heart of the Middle East 201
- Part III The Caucasus and Tartary
- 20. To Turkey's Northeastern Border 213
- 21. Stalin's Beautiful Homeland 220
- 22. Fossil Nations 243
- 23. From Tbilisi to Baku 256
- 24. Imperial Collisions 265
- 25. By Boat to Tartary 282
- 26. New Khanates 286
- 27. A Herodotean Landscape 303
- Epilogue: Hayastan
- 28 Earth, Fire, Water 311.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Random House, 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-347) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0375705767
- 9780375705762
- OCLC:
- 48966910
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- Publisher description
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