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Ataturk
The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
by Andrew Mango
ISBN: 1585670111
ISBN-13: 9781585670116
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
This biography of the Turkish national hero who started the revolt against the Ottoman Empire which brought about the origin of modern Turkey covers his boyhood, his years as a military leader, and his 15-year tenure as president of the Republic of Turkey, which was marked by great change and progress. Ataturk died in 1938.
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"[M]ango's work will surely become the standard biography....Moreover, despite Mango's admiration for Ataturk, he has written the most irreverent scholarly biography of him yet to appear."
-- New York Review of Books
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Published date: 2000
Size: 6.75 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 2.65 pounds
Publisher's Notes
A fullscale portrait of the controversial founder of the Turkish Republic describes the complex and paradoxical life and times of a man whose high ideals and ruthless tactics transformed his country into a regional power.
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Ataturk : THe Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
Mango, Andrew
Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket; Bk: spine ends creased; 2 large store stamps front free endpaper / DJ: light spine end wrinkling 2000. Later Printing. Hardcover. No price on dust jacket; Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" ; 666 pages . ( more information) Offered by Second Harvest Books (United States)
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ATATURK. The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
Mango, Andrew
New York, NY: Overlook Press, 2000. xxii, 666 pages of text including a note on spelling and pronunciation, a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding in new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with numerous maps and historic photographs. A tiny black remainder stripe on the bottom edge of closed pages. Biography, Kemal 1881-1938, Autobiography, Middle East.. ISBN: 1-58567-011-1. First American edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition/Near fine condition (DJ). Octavo (8vo). ( more information) Offered by Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA) (United States)
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