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Review: Turkish Awakening – A Personal Discovery of Modern Turkey – by Alev Scott
Alev Scott is a young female Brit whose mother has Turkish Cypriot roots and in this great study of modern turkey she relocates to Istanbul and immerses herself as much as possible in Turkish society Long time leader Erdogan, has done a lot to change Turkey in the past couple of decades in which he… Continue reading
Alev Scott, Armenia, Armenian, Asia, Atatürk, Business, camel wrestling, Cyriot, East, economics, Erdogan, Europe, Football, Gezi Park, headscarves, Islam, Islamic State, istanbul, Kemal Ataturk, Kurd, Kurdish, Kurds, London, middle east, Muslim, New York, PKK, Politics, prostitution, secular, secularism, transexxual, Turk, Turkey, Turkish, Turkish barber, Welsh, west -
Review: Red Horizons – The True Story of Nicolae & Elena Ceausescus’ Crimes, Lifestyle, and Corruption – by Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa
I was just chatting away to Ionutz a security nurse in the local mental hospital and he’s Romanian. I passed through Bucharest a few years ago en route to Istanbul on a train journey traversing Eastern Europe. Romania seemed quite rural, poor and quite different to the Europe with which I am more acquainted. Curiosity… Continue reading
assassination, blackmail, Bucharest, Carlos the Jackal, cold war, Colonel Gadaffi, Communism, Communist, Communist dictator, corruption, crime, death, democracy, dictator, dictatorship, die, directorate, East Germany, Eastern Bloc, Eastern Europe, Elena Ceausescu, espionage, GDR, Human rights, industrial espionage, Iron Curtain, Kremlin, Lt Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa, Marie Antoinette, middle east, NATO, Nicolae Ceausescu, Nicu Ceausescu, Oppression, PAcepa, Paranoia, Police State, Politics, pornography, President Jimmy Carter, proapaganda, Radio Free Europe, Romania, royal, Russia, secret police, Soviet Union, spy, Stasi, totalitarian, totalitarianism, tryranny, USA, USSR, Warsaw Pact, west, White House, Yasser Arafat -
Review: Persian Mirrors – The Elusive Face of Iran – by Elaine Sciolino
Elaine Sciolino is a female New York Times journalist who had the good fortune of being present in Paris with the exiled future leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khomenei. When he seized power from the Shah in the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Sciolino was one of the first Western journalists on the ground and she enjoyed… Continue reading
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Review: The Edge – Is the Military Dominance of the West Coming to an End – by Mark Urban
Only a short volume, this well-written work documents the weakening of the West in the geopolitical arena. The book first focuses on the reductions in military power of Western nations, both in terms of their military budgets and also their matériel. Despite modern weapons being produced, the volume of forces and the amount of weapons… Continue reading
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Review: China Road: A Journey Into The Future Of A Rising Power – by Rob Gifford
China Road: A Journey Into The Future Of A Rising Power by Rob Gifford My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is a thoroughly absorbing study of modern China and its vast population. The author embarks on a pilgrimage along Route 312, China’s Route 66, heading West from Shanghai, deep into the deserted Asiatic… Continue reading
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Review: The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge – by Jeremy Narby
The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby My rating: 4 of 5 stars I eagerly anticipated this book as I had heard it mentioned as a classic on Ayahuasca and as a good reference point in a number of other books and Ayahuasca and shamanism. The author begins in typical… Continue reading
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