Turkish Intelligence and the Cold War - Bezci, Egemen

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Résumé :
Turkish Intelligence and the Cold War examines the hitherto unexplored history of secret intelligence cooperation between three asymmetric partners - specifically the UK, US and Turkey - from the end of the Second World War until the Turkey's first military coup d'?tat on 27 May 1960. The book shows that our understanding of the Cold War as a binary rivalry between the two blocs is too simple an approach and obscures important characteristics of intelligence cooperation among allies. Egemen Bezci shows that a pragmatic approach offers states new opportunities to protect national interests, by conducting ''intelligence diplomacy' to influence crucial areas such as nuclear weapons and to exploit cooperation in support of their own strategic imperatives. This study not only reveals previously-unexplored origins of secret intelligence cooperation between Turkey and West, but also contributes to wider academic debates on the nature of the Cold War by highlighting the potential agency of weaker states in the Western Alliance....

Biographie:
Egemen Bezci received his PhD in intelligence studies at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is currently working as a Data Scientist helping private sector clients to address business requirements. His work appeared in academic and popular venues such as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, New Scientist, National Interest, War on the Rocks, and Stanford University Press, among others. His research received prestigious research grants including ones from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the University of Nottingham Vice-Chancellor's Research Excellence Scholarship....

Sommaire:

Introduction - Dark Origins of the Turkish-British-American Alliance


1. Machinery in Comparison
2. Historical Background, 1923-1945
3. (Dis)Trusting your Allies: NATO and CENTO
4. Spies, Atoms and Signals
5. Counter-Subversion: Our Common 'Enemies'
6. Covert Action: The Turks' Hidden Hand in Syria
7. Conclusion: Keeping up with the Alliance
8. Bibliography


Index