Gunboat diplomacy : Turkey, USA and the advent of the cold war

• Main Authors: İnanç, Gül., Yilmaz, Şuhnaz.
• 其他作者: School of Art, Design and Media
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2013
• 主題: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::International relations
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100899; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18203
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

This article aims to re-evaluate the visit of the battleship USS Missouri to Turkey on 5–6 April 1946, to ascertain whether or not it might be considered an early attempt on the part of the United States to challenge the Soviet Union. Greater historical clarity than previously possible has been achi...