Notes on a foreign country : an American abroad in a post-American world / Suzy Hansen.
Notes on a foreign country : an American abroad in a post-American world / Suzy Hansen.
Notes on a foreign country : an American abroad in a post-American world / Suzy Hansen.
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
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G 2017/6394
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Language
English
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Physical content
276 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
First time east: Turkey -- Finding Engin: Turkey -- A Cold War mind: America and the world -- Benevolent interventions: Greece and Turkey -- Money and military coups: the Arab world and Turkey -- Little Americas: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkey -- American dreams: America, Iran, and Turkey.
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
"A revelatory reflection on America's role in the world from the perspective of a young woman who has been living in Istanbul for the past six years"-- Provided by publisher.
"In the wake of the September 11 attacks and the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Suzy Hansen, who grew up in an insular conservative town in New Jersey, was enjoying early success as a journalist for a high-profile New York newspaper. Increasingly, though, the disconnect between the chaos of world events and the response at home took on pressing urgency...
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Full title
Notes on a foreign country : an American abroad in a post-American world / Suzy Hansen.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-259) and index.
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©2017
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G 2017/6394
Record Identifier
74VKVGJeaMbM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGJeaMbM
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ISBN
9780374280048 (hardcover)
0374280045 (hardcover)
DDC
070.92 B
MMS ID
991024151915402626
