Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xvi, 364 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Part I. The Balkans. -- Rudolf Fischer, cosmopolitan -- Heading west -- The widening chasm -- Third world Europe -- Balkan realists -- Pivot state -- "Civilizational choice" -- Wrestlers versus democrats -- The legacy of orthodoxy -- "To the city" -- pt. II. Turkey and greater Syria. -- The "deep state" -- The "corpse in armour" -- The new caliphate -- The sacred and the profane -- The corporate satellite -- The caravan state -- Crossing the Jordan -- Sepphoris and the renewal of Judaism -- Throbbing heart of the Middle East -- pt. III. The Caucasus and Tartary. -- To Turkey's northeastern border -- Stalin's beautiful homeland -- Fossil nations -- From Tbilisi to Baku -- Imperial collisions -- By boat to Tartary -- New khanates -- A Herodotean landscape -- pt. IV. Hayastan. -- Earth, fire, water. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Subject |
Kaplan, Robert D., 1952- -- Travel.
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Balkan Peninsula -- Description and travel.
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Balkan Peninsula -- History.
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Middle East -- Description and travel.
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Middle East -- History.
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Caucasus -- Description and travel.
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Caucasus -- History.
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Added Title |
Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus |
ISBN |
0375502726 |
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