Crescent and Star by Stephen Kinzer

Crescent and Star : Turkey Between Two Worlds, by Stephen Kinzer. Mr. Kinzer spent several years in Turkey as a journalist. His insights on the people and government of Turkey are fascinating and provocative. Crescent and Star rambles between history, anecdote and analysis and is sometimes biased. Nevertheless, it has much to offer in the wake of developments in the Middle East as it relates the struggle between Muslim Fundamentalism and Kemalist Secularism, between cultural strains from both Asia and Europe. Turkey sits at one of the crossroads of the world in both time and space. Crescent and Star is a good first step in understanding where the region has been, where it is at and where it is going.

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