Ebook {Epub PDF} Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds by Stephen Kinzer

 · Overview. "A sharp, spirited appreciation of where Turkey stands now, and where it may head." —Carlin Romano, The Philadelphia Inquirer. In the first edition of this widely praised book, Stephen Kinzer made the convincing claim that Turkey was the country to watch — poised between Europe and Asia, between the glories of its Ottoman past and its hopes for a democratic future, Brand: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. After completing this assignment, Kinzer published Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds. He has also worked in Africa, and written A Thousand Hills: Rwanda’s Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It. Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa called this book “a fascinating account of a near-miracle unfolding before our very eyes.”/5(). 8 rows ·  · Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds. Crescent and Star.: Stephen 4/5(5).

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"Crescent and Star" is a very intriguing, accessible, and passionately written overview of Turkey, with special emphasis on its struggle to emerge as a democratic state. While some have complained that this book is "shallow," I think that's being overly harsh, since, with all the history and varied cultures that have defined modern-day Turkey, copious volumes could still be written that would provide new insight. Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds. Crescent and Star.: Stephen. Stephen Kinzer's Crescent and Star is a work of journalism about Turkey, covering several different areas of the country's history and present, including the controversial ones. The book begins with the country's origins following the late Ottoman empire and on to Kemal Ataturk and the Young Turks.