Sons of the Conquerors: The Rise of the Turkic World
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The definitive, world-encompassing account of the history and culture of the Turkish people by one of the world's most acclaimed experts. Hugh Pope has traveled the world to encounter and assimilate the many facets of this complex and fascinating ethnic group, distilling the essential qualities shared by all people of Turkish descent. Rich with stories and legends stretching back centuries - from the pre-Ottoman days of tribal militarism to the era of the Great Game and beyond - Sons of the Conquerors is a compellingly readable account of a profoundly neglected subject that brings readers into closer contact with a culture that has shaped history. Library Journal The Uncertain Future of the Turkic World may have been a more apt subtitle for this book, as economic stagnation and totalitarian governments plague many of the countries in question. Pope (Istanbul news bureau, the Wall Street Journal; Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey) examines the ties that bind together the various Turkish-speaking regions of the world, and finds that relationships are often strained or practically nonexistent. The interests of more powerful nations loom large, for example, often overshadowing relationships between countries with large Turkish populations. Interesting vignettes and glimpses of past grandeur ornament Pope's account, but the present lack of substantial relationships among the countries he examines cannot help but translate into a volume that seems to be cobbled together out of disparate, unrelated narratives. Perhaps best described as a travelog with higher aspirations, the book does vividly portray what it is like to live in diverse corners of the Turkic world. Readers more interested in historical dimensions may want to examine Carter Vaughn Findley's The Turks in World History. Most libraries can safely forgo this title.-Sean Michael Fleming, Lebanon P.L., NH Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
1Orders cut iron : the army's grip on Turkey232Infidel pigs : conquerors turn refugees in the Balkans413Bloody Black Mountain : Azerbaijan's baptism of fire504Merchant warriors : the new Turkish entrepreneurs sally forth665Raki and the republic : Kemal Ataturk, icon of the secular Turkish revolution816The cult of Turkmenbashy : the method in Turkmenistan's mad tyranny957Gray wolves : nationalists prevail in Azerbaijan1108Oil, minerals, democracy! : a new khan finds riches, but craves respect1249The ghost of Isa Beg : knight-errant of Turkestan14110The ant and the elephant : the Uygur struggle to survive China15711Of yurts and yogurt : the primordial Turkic life of the steppe17212Iran and Turan : the age-old antagonists of Eurasia18813Bear hug : breaking Russia's long embrace19514The golden apple : the Turks follow their lucky star to Germany21015Cursed souls no more : a Turkic fable in the backwoods of Virginia22116In the land of Babur : Islam and Central Asia's struggle for identity23317An empire of the mind : Turkish pragmatism outflanks Iranian theocracy24518Rumi's legacy : the Turks adopt a kinder Allah26019Euroturks : a Muslim island in Holland's Christian sea28220Hurricane hydrocarbons : the Caspian oil boom29121White gold : a lust for cotton strangles the Aral Sea30022Silk Road shake-downs : corruption as a way of life31223Midnight espresso : the Turkic problem with human rights32724Step-sons of Tamerlane : the grim determination of Uzbekistan33925To the city : the second Turkish conquest of Constantinople35026All change at Essen : now Germany is not enough36127Forever young Turks : a new horizon in America369
