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Turkey A Short History (Pocket edition) /anglais Paperback – June 28, 2017

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ THAMES HUDSON (June 28, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 050029299X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0500292990
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.12 x 0.79 x 7.8 inches
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Customers have mixed opinions about the writing style. Some find it easy to read and interesting, while others find the writing style unpleasant and unreadable. The information quality is also divided, with some finding it comprehensive and interesting, while others feel the author tries too hard to relate various facts.

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Customers have mixed opinions about the book's information quality. Some find it comprehensive and interesting to read, while others feel it tries too hard to relate various facts and is objective. The language is nice, but some readers find it difficult to separate out important elements of Turkish history from the rest.

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Customers have different views on the writing style. Some find it reads well and interesting, while others find it difficult to understand and follow. The language is described as nice and the author is praised for his writing skill.

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"...thru before almost tossing it in the Bosphorus... the author is clearly brilliant but maaaan does his writing style make for an unpleasant experience..." Read more

"...Getting through this book was an excruciatingly mundane task and I came out the other end having learned essentially nothing that I will retain long..." Read more

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  • Richard M. Koch
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Sharp and Sympathetic Account
    Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2017
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    I became fascinated by the Ottoman Empire this past summer, and I relished Norman Stone's historical account. It is contains sharp observation, and a sympathy for the Ottoman Empire that is not always found elsewhere. Brief as it is, there is plenty of information and anecdote in the book to satisfy anyone.
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  • Paulina
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2014
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    Great book!
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  • booklover
    3.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive, but difficult to follow
    Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2023
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    The author’s writing style is quizzical, making it difficult to separate out the important elements of Turkish history from the whimsical events. On the positive side, he seems to deal with the Armenian elements in a fair and balanced recollection of history. Similarly, he puts a human face on the idealized Ataturk that predominates modern Turkish society.
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  • EDUARDO DE LA OSSA VITAL
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente libro
    Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2022
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    Información precisa
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  • ZacM
    1.0 out of 5 stars lots of info, horribly written and presented
    Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2020
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    The writing style and hopscotching nature of this book made it unbearable to read. Got halfway thru before almost tossing it in the Bosphorus... the author is clearly brilliant but maaaan does his writing style make for an unpleasant experience. Opt for a different volume when wanting to learn more about this amazing country
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    lots of info, horribly written and presented

    Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2020
    The writing style and hopscotching nature of this book made it unbearable to read. Got halfway thru before almost tossing it in the Bosphorus... the author is clearly brilliant but maaaan does his writing style make for an unpleasant experience. Opt for a different volume when wanting to learn more about this amazing country
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  • Paul Lawrence
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful introduction
    Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2018
    This is a highly enjoyable read from someone obviously passionate about history and especially in this subject and wants to share that passion with others. The book is highly readable with the odd sly humour thrown in and that latter point will probably stick in the craw of more po-faced serious readers. But it actually enhances the book. It was hard to read this without desperately wishing to be able to go and spend a few months pottering about Turkey and trying to get to grips both with its modern day situation but also the multitude of layers of history that permeate the land.

    The book by definition leaps over huge tracts of history - at only a few hundred pages how could it not? - and so to quibble over such things is pointless. The author has obviously had his work cut out for him in trying to decide what to devote time on and what to gloss over or leave out entirely. It can't have been easy. However as the scoots through the centuries it becomes clear - and the bibliography will make clearer - is that the author knows his subject and isn't afraid to tackle a few well tended urban facts. He also rather cannily spends a chunk of time on the Ottoman sultans whose very vibrancy and achievements and then decline in ability and power is so captivating. One thing the reader will probably come away with from this book is a desire to learn more about the Ottoman centuries.

    Another area the reader will probably want to explore further is Ataturk who from this book was obviously a colossus and the aforementioned bibliography will give the armchair historian plenty of scope to track down books that will enhance their knowledge.

    A great book that will have you hankering for more and desperate to want to travel to the country in question the only real complaints from this quarter is the enforced brevity of it. But, well, the sub-title did say 'A Short History'. Well recommended for anyone wanting to start learning more about Turkey or who is travelling there and wants more than just the history section of their guidebook of choice.
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  • Adam
    2.0 out of 5 stars Terrible. Everything the non-History buff hates about history texts
    Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2019
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    This work is a smathering of one sentence factoids mostly in chronological order with little effort given to composing a story. The author constantly lauds his own knowledge of linguistics, pointlessly trying to relate to various facts, and recounts history from a true Turkophile bias. Getting through this book was an excruciatingly mundane task and I came out the other end having learned essentially nothing that I will retain long-term.

    Skip this book. I give it two stars because it can be used as a high-level reference because the time periods are so heavily condensed.
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  • John L. Murphy
    4.0 out of 5 stars Lives up to its subtitle
    Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2016
    I knew of Norman Stone's reputation before choosing this as an overview. Yes, the pages (124-6; 147-8) tally the coverage of the Armenian massacres explaining this from a Turkish perspective. Out of about 160 pp. of narrative, Stone devotes a necessarily brief (in a "short history") but controversial amount of attention to this. However, in the larger perspective Stone also wants to show the pro-British bias, since the days of Lord Byron, in how the West by public relations, so to speak, portrays the Turks as defined only by "indolence, erotic stupour, epidemics and oppression" (126). As with Hugh and Nicole Pope's "Turkey Unveiled," (also reviewed by me recently), Prof. Stone argues that we in the West need to look beyond the anti-Turkish bias that permeates media and popular culture treatments of this young, unsteady, and still forming nation.

    Within this wider context, Stone offers insights I have not found elsewhere, at least yet. For instance, his expertise in Turkish enables him to clearly show the nuances that escape in translation. He also notes how often the Ottoman Empire sought a better relationship (if not perfect by any means, but taking into account the cruelties of the past) with its Christian and Jewish minorities as well as its other subject peoples, compared to a Byzantium which had been weakened centuries before 1453 by Italian incursions. The blame placed on "the sick man of Europe" by competing hegemonies also leads to ironies. Stone depicts the Ottomans as heirs to an uneasy alliance of disparate peoples, arguably perhaps faced with the same difficulties bedeviling the Hapsburgs. He manages to keep the melange of Ottoman personalities relatively clear.

    Some bemoan the wit Stone brings to this. It'd be better if many other historians and scholars did so, for we "educated readers." He keeps the book readable and brisk. He appends a useful list of suggested reading, and his inclusion of German and French sources attests to his erudition. While I wish more on the Ataturk era was included, Stone offers English-language audiences a thoughtful history, prickly, sly, and personable.
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  • Aditya Bose
    5.0 out of 5 stars Review of "Turkey: A Short History"
    Reviewed in India on June 21, 2019
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    The description of Turkey from Byzantine Empire to establishment of the Turkish Republic is written in a very wonderful n descriptive words. It tells who are the Turks and where did they came from. Also wonderful is the description of the Ottoman Empire.
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  • 宝塚の大学教授
    1.0 out of 5 stars Arrogant tone
    Reviewed in Japan on October 8, 2024
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    Like many British establishment historians, the author has a flippant tone that comes across (at least to me) as arrogant and condescending towards the Ottoman Empire (and non-Europeans in general). He is clearly very knowledgable, and maybe the tone changes when he is talking about the Republican Period, but I couldn't bear it any longer, and quit the book around the halfway point.
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  • Anonymous
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic read
    Reviewed in Australia on May 18, 2020
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    Highly informative, easy to read and with a dash of humour. The author takes you on a fantastic journey through Turkey's history and one of the world's great empires.
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  • Samir Medanhodzic
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book! Even if it is a "short"history I ...
    Reviewed in Canada on February 20, 2015
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    Fantastic book! Even if it is a "short"history I found a lot of things I did not know about!

    I also understand "some reviewers" with negative critics - because they expected more negative things about Turkey!
    I guess, they been reading (learning) history from different sources!
    Well...as more as I am getting older (with more books I read)....I found the things look different, then they used to teach me in the schools!!!

    Good job (with a lots work) Mr.Stone!!!
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  • KritikerET
    5.0 out of 5 stars Türkei im Schnelldurchlauf
    Reviewed in Germany on May 8, 2015
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    Sehr gut geschriebene Kurzfassung der türkischen Geschichte mit interessanten Randnotizen. Englische Version flüssig zu lesen. Der renommierte Historiker Norman Stone zeigt hier sein Können als erfolgreicher Buchautor.
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