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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - Heir to the Empire (Paperback)
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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - Heir to the Empire (Paperback)
Series: The World In A Life
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Part of The World in A Life series, this brief text provides
insight into the life of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. By the outbreak of
World War II, the Republic of Turkey epitomized more than a state
bound for better times; it aspired to represent the essence of
modern politics in the twentieth century. To contemporaries of this
period, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk-the country's first president-was
both the muse and the architect of this radical transformation. By
the time of his death in 1938, he was regularly compared alongside
other luminary statesmen of the post-Versailles era. Outside of
Turkey, his name was synonymous with bold leadership and ambitious
reform. Ataturk's reputation as a man both progressive and
iconoclastic greatly augmented his already lofty status as Turkey's
premier general and war hero. Yet there were some aspects of his
life presidency that tempered contemporary admiration for Mustafa
Kemal. His acclaim and celebrity came with the understanding that
he was a dictator with little patience for liberal democracy.
Ataturk's inability to brook compromise and tolerate opposition
engendered acts of violence and oppression that resulted in the
deaths of large numbers of his fellow citizens. As a whole, the
legacies of both his achievements and flaws as a leader remain
critical to any understanding of modern-day Turkey. We live in a
global age where big concepts like "globalization" often tempt us
to forget the personal side of the past. The titles in The World in
A Life series aim to revive these meaningful lives. Each one shows
us what it was like to live on a world historical stage. Brief,
inexpensive, and thematic, each book can be read in a week, fit
within a wide range of curricula, and shed insight into a
particular place or time. Four to six short primary sources at the
end of each volume sharpen the reader's view of an individual's
impact on world history.
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