Ebook: Stalin and the Turkish Crisis of the Cold War, 1945-1953

Soviet-Turkish relations during the Second World War: from neutrality to escalating tensions -- Increasing Soviet pressure on Turkey and the beginning of the war of nerves -- Inclusion of the South Caucasus republics in the Soviet policy against Turkey -- Growth of pro-American sentiments in Turkey in response to increasing Soviet pressures -- Soviet plans on the straits and their failure -- The war of nerves between the republics of the South Caucasus -- Turkey and the Truman Doctrine -- Escalation of the Cold War and Turkey's entry into NATO.