Eastward to Tartary : travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus /
"At its peak, the Ottoman empire stretched from Hungary to the Gulf of Aden to the Caspian Sea. Informed by a lifetime of travel and exploration, Eastward to Tartary takes you on a spellbinding journey into the heart of that still-unsettled region, a journey over land and through history."...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Kaplan, Robert D., |d 1952- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Eastward to Tartary : |b travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus / |c Robert D. Kaplan. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Random House, |c c2000. | ||
| 300 | |a xvi, 364 p. : |b maps ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | 1 | |a "At its peak, the Ottoman empire stretched from Hungary to the Gulf of Aden to the Caspian Sea. Informed by a lifetime of travel and exploration, Eastward to Tartary takes you on a spellbinding journey into the heart of that still-unsettled region, a journey over land and through history." "Through stories of characters past and present, Kaplan illuminates the tragic history of the lands in which he travels. He ventures from the famed archaeological ruins of Syria to the markets of Lebanon to the military outposts of Turkey and Israel; from Baku, capital of new business and new oil, across the Caspian Sea to the deserts of Turkmenistan and back to the killing fields of Armenia."--Jacket. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Part I. The Balkans. -- Rudolf Fischer, cosmopolitan -- Heading west -- The widening chasm -- Third world Europe -- Balkan realists -- Pivot state -- "Civilizational choice" -- Wrestlers versus democrats -- The legacy of orthodoxy -- "To the city" -- Pt. II. Turkey and greater Syria. -- The "deep state" -- The "corpse in armour" -- The new caliphate -- The sacred and the profane -- The corporate satellite -- The caravan state -- Crossing the Jordan -- Sepphoris and the renewal of Judaism -- Throbbing heart of the Middle East -- Pt. III. The Caucasus and Tartary. -- To Turkey's northeastern border -- Stalin's beautiful homeland -- Fossil nations -- From Tbilisi to Baku -- Imperial collisions -- By boat to Tartary -- New khanates -- A Herodotean landscape -- Pt. IV. Hayastan. -- Earth, fire, water. | |
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| 651 | 0 | |a Middle East |x Description and travel. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Middle East |x History. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Caucasus |x Description and travel. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Caucasus |x History. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Kaplan, Robert D., |d 1952- |x Travel. |
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| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Kaplan, Robert D., 1952- |t Eastward to Tartary. |b 1st ed. |d New York : Random House, ©2000 |w (OCoLC)681185271 |
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