Stephen Kinzer is a seasoned foreign correspondent with a knack for insightful observation. Crescent & Star, his portrait of contemporary Turkey, is informed by extensive experience in-country as the first New York Times bureau chief in Istanbul beginning in 1996, and by undisguised personal conviction concerning the soaring potential of his subject, a country perceived to possess "the resources to become a towering power." Kinzer's book is a particularly successful example of the journalistic country study. It makes stimulating reading, ranges widely in an effort to capture as many dimensions of modern Turkish reality as possible, and provides a series of useful recommendations for policy choices.

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