Eastward to Tartary
Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · October 23, 2001
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- Who it’s for
- A journey across a volatile crossroads joins vivid encounters with the history beneath it.
- Themes
- Regional instability, Tragic history, East–West tensions
- Genres
- Travel Writing, Middle East Travel, Central Asia Travel
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Eastward to Tartary, Robert Kaplan's first book to focus on a single region since his bestselling Balkan Ghosts, introduces readers to an explosive and little-known part of the world destined to become a tinderbox of the future. Kaplan takes us on a spellbinding journey into the heart of a volatile region, stretching from Hungary and Romania to the far shores of the oil-rich Caspian Sea.
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Through dramatic stories of unforgettable characters, Kaplan illuminates the tragic history of this unstable area that he describes as the new fault line between East and West. He ventures from Turkey, Syria, and Israel to the turbulent countries of the Caucasus, from the newly rich city of Baku to the deserts of Turkmenistan and the killing fields of Armenia. The result is must reading for anyone concerned about the state of our world in the decades to come.
Across a Crossroads
A journey across a volatile crossroads joins vivid encounters with the history beneath it.
Come here for
- Travel from Hungary toward the Caspian Sea
- Trace a turbulent history through dramatic stories
Expect
- A region Kaplan describes as a fault line between East and West
- Wide-ranging travel through the Balkans, Middle East, and Caucasus
Where it sits
| Travel Writing | 39% |
|---|---|
| Central Asia Travel | 35% |
| Middle East Travel | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Travel Writing
- Travel in Turkey
- Authors
- Robert D. Kaplan
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- October 23, 2001
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Regional instability · Tragic history · East–West tensions
- Reading lane
- Travel Writing