John Murray, 2004, Softcover, Book Condition: Good, Later
This biography of Ataturk aims to strip away the myth to show the complexities of the man beneath. Born plain Mustafa in Ottoman Salonica in 1881, he trained as an army officer but was virtually unknown until 1919, when he took the lead in thwarting the victorious Allies' plan to partition the Turkish core of the Ottoman Empire. He divided the Allies, defeated the last Sultan and secured the territory of the Turkish national state, becoming the first president of the new republic in 1923. He imposed coherence, order and mordernity and in the process, created his own legend and his own cult. Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 666 pages. Moderately foxed front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges have some foxing. Covers have some shelf wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Turkey; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0553824694. ISBN/EAN: 9780553824698. Inventory No: 54360.
This biography of Ataturk aims to strip away the myth to show the complexities of the man beneath. Born plain Mustafa in Ottoman Salonica in 1881, he trained as an army officer but was virtually unknown until 1919, when he took the lead in thwarting the victorious Allies' plan to partition the Turkish core of the Ottoman Empire. He divided the Allies, defeated the last Sultan and secured the territory of the Turkish national state, becoming the first president of the new republic in 1923. He imposed coherence, order and mordernity and in the process, created his own legend and his own cult. Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 666 pages. Moderately foxed front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges have some foxing. Covers have some shelf wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Turkey; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0553824694. ISBN/EAN: 9780553824698. Inventory No: 54360.