After defeat: how the East learned to live with the West

This is an early attempt of a young scholar to punch above her weight, and this dissertation turned book has lots of things to recommend it-a bit of thinking out of the box, comparative historical assessments, and an effort to reach toward bigger ideas. Zarakol (Washington and Lee Univ.) takes three...

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Published in:Choice (Middletown) 2011, Vol.49 (3), p.594
Main Author: Nelson, D N
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Foreign policy
International relations
Nonfiction
World War I
Zarakol, Ayse
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Summary:This is an early attempt of a young scholar to punch above her weight, and this dissertation turned book has lots of things to recommend it-a bit of thinking out of the box, comparative historical assessments, and an effort to reach toward bigger ideas. Zarakol (Washington and Lee Univ.) takes three cases of "defeated" states-Turkey post-WW I, Japan after 1945, and Russia post-Soviet breakup-and asks some provocative questions.
ISSN:0009-4978
1943-5975