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Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
by Kaplan, Robert D
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375502726
- ISBN 13
- 9780375502729
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2000 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards, gilt titles on spine, xvi, 364 pp. Bottom edge rubbed, one leaf dog-eared. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Kaplan, a keen observer of culture, correspondent for Atlantic Monthly and author of Balkan Ghosts, traveled through Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan in 1998 and 1999. From the DJ: "Through dramatic stories of unforgettable 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." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24½ X 16½ cm.
Synopsis
Robert D. Kaplan is chief geopolitical analyst for Stratfor, a private global intelligence firm, and the author of fourteen books on foreign affairs and travel translated into many languages, including The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate; Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power; Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History; and Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos . He has been a foreign correspondent for The Atlantic for more than a quarter-century. In 2011 and 2012, Foreign Policy magazine named Kaplan among the world’s “Top 100 Global Thinkers.” From 2009 to 2011, he served under Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as a member of the Defense Policy Board. Since 2008, he has been a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington. From 2006 to 2008, he was the Class of 1960 Distinguished Visiting Professor in National Security at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis.
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- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TRME00010
- Title
- Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
- Author
- Kaplan, Robert D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375502726
- ISBN 13
- 9780375502729
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Travel Middle East Mideast Eastern Europe
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
- X weight
- 32 oz
- Size
- 24½ X 16½ cm
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