"Going To Bed With An Elephant William Hale's Turkey, the US and Iraq
by Peter Byrne Book Review
Hale, William: Turkey, the US and Iraq, Saqi & London Middle East Institute at SOAS, London, 2007, ISBN (10): 0-86356-675-8, ISBN (13): 978-0-86356-675-2, 200 pages. (Swans - October 8, 2007)
Iraq is one thing seen from America, and quite another seen from neighboring Turkey. The Turks have striven since the first Gulf War to maintain their American alliance without excessively slighting their national interest, to which Iraq is central. William Hale examines foreign policy issues since the founding of the Iraqi state, giving special attention to Turkish relations with the Iraqi Kurds and Turkey's rapprochement to Europe. Hale was Professor of Turkish Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and is presently visiting scholar at Sabanci University, Istanbul. His books include The Political and Economic Development of Modern Turkey, Turkish Politics and the Military, Turkish Foreign Policy 1774-2000, and Aspects of Modern Turkey."
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