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Facing the Victorious Turks : How the French Misread the Turkish War of Independence
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Orr, Andrew, 1976- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military intelligence--France--History--20th century.
- Military intelligence.
- Imperialism.
- Turkey--History--Revolution, 1918-1923.
- Turkey.
- France--Foreign relations--Turkey.
- France.
- Turkey--Foreign relations--France.
- Place of Publication:
- University Press of Kansas
- Summary:
- "In Facing the Victorious Turks, Andrew Orr argues that French military, intelligence, and diplomatic officials' Orientalism and racism led them to misunderstand the Turkish War of Independence by placing Europeans at the center of their analysis of the Middle East. French observers' flawed understanding of Muslims and Islam fed conspiracy theories that distorted their understanding of Germany, the emerging Soviet Union, Middle Eastern politics, and colonialism. It allowed them to perceive and report the danger of Middle East-wide revolts without questioning whether it was European rule itself that was causing the political turmoil. French military leaders were thus able to escape the sort of self-reflection that might have exposed the exploitative nature of colonialism and pushed them to question the moral and strategic justifications for colonial rule"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Great War and the Ottoman Crisis
- The Cilician War
- Debating Mustafa Kemal and the Cilician War
- The Separate Peace
- Consequences.
- ISBN:
- 9780700637782
- 0700637788
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