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mpany /f Richard /i C. /s Jr.

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?The author sets out to discuss and evaluate Turkish-US relations between 1974 and 1980, the period when the US had a variety of sanctions against Turkey, including (1975-76) an arms embargo. The declared purpose of the sanctions was to influence Turkey to settle the Cyprus issue on grounds favorable to the Greek Cypriot community and hence to Greece. The sanctions failed to achieve the goal, largely because of Turkey's objections to what it considered colonial, imperialistic, and high-handed actions by the US reminiscent of the British, French, and Russian imperialism of the 19th century. There was also opposition from both left and right to increased ties with the US. Campany's dissertation deals with a topic of extreme importance, US-Turkish relations, on which there is a dearth of material, a lacuna of research, and a lack of good scholarship.?-Choice

"The author sets out to discuss and evaluate Turkish-US relations between 1974 and 1980, the period when the US had a variety of sanctions against Turkey, including (1975-76) an arms embargo. The declared purpose of the sanctions was to influence Turkey to settle the Cyprus issue on grounds favorable to the Greek Cypriot community and hence to Greece. The sanctions failed to achieve the goal, largely because of Turkey's objections to what it considered colonial, imperialistic, and high-handed actions by the US reminiscent of the British, French, and Russian imperialism of the 19th century. There was also opposition from both left and right to increased ties with the US. Campany's dissertation deals with a topic of extreme importance, US-Turkish relations, on which there is a dearth of material, a lacuna of research, and a lack of good scholarship."-Choice