2. THE MONTREUX CONVENTION AND THE GREAT POWERS' POLITICS VIS-A-VIS THE STRAITS ON THE EVE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS 6
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8
4. ABBREVIATIONS 10
5. INTRODUCTION 13
6. 1. THE STRAITS QUESTION: THE GREAT POWERS AND TURKISH DIPLOMACY 1774-1936: A HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 25
7. 2. THE MONTREUX CONVENTION AND THE GREAT POWERS' POLITICS VIS-A-VIS THE STRAITS ON THE EVE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR 55
8. 3. THE TURKISH STRAITS AND GREAT POWER POLICIES DURING THE EARLY PART OF WORLD WAR II FROM OCTOBER 1939 TO JUNE 1941 85
9. 4. TURKEY'S WARTIME RECORD AS A GUARDIAN OF THE STRAITS 121
10. 5. ANGLO-SOVIET CONTAINMENT DIPLOMACY TOWARDS TURKEY, 1943-44 149
11. 6. PRELUDE TO THE COLD WAR IN THE NEAR EAST. CO-OPERATION OR CONFRONTATION AMONG THE ALLIED POWERS AND THE STRAITS QUESTION AT THE FINAL STAGE OF THE WAR 183
12. 7. AMERICA COMMITTED: COLD WAR IN THE NEAR EAST 215
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY 243
14. INDEX 253