The Turkish Straits and the Great Powers : From the Montreux Convention to the Early Cold War, 1936-1947

This book studies the Great Power rivalries of the twentieth century concerning Soviet access to the Turkish Straits and the impact they had on the relations with Turkey. CONTENTS 8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10 ABBREVIATIONS 12 INTRODUCTION 15 1. THE STRAITS QUESTION: THE GREAT POWERS AND TURKISH DIPLOMACY 1774-1936: A HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 27 2. THE MONTREUX CONVENTION AND THE GREAT POWERS' POLITICS VIS-A-VIS THE STRAITS ON THE EVE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR 57 3. THE TURKISH STRAITS AND GREAT POWER POLICIES DURING THE EARLY PART OF WORLD WAR II FROM OCTOBER 1939 TO JUNE 1941 87 4. TURKEY'S WARTIME RECORD AS A GUARDIAN OF THE STRAITS 123 5. ANGLO-SOVIET CONTAINMENT DIPLOMACY TOWARDS TURKEY, 1943-44 151 6. PRELUDE TO THE COLD WAR IN THE NEAR EAST. CO-OPERATION OR CONFRONTATION AMONG THE ALLIED POWERS AND THE STRAITS QUESTION AT THE FINAL STAGE OF THE WAR 185 7. AMERICA COMMITTED: COLD WAR IN THE NEAR EAST 217 BIBLIOGRAPHY 245 INDEX 255