Reviews for Turkey in the Middle East: Oil, Islam, and Politics

The average rating for Turkey in the Middle East: Oil, Islam, and Politics based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-08-10 00:00:00 Barry Elston I recently finished reading the book, "America's Secret War: Inside the Hidden Worldwide Struggle Between the United States and Its Enemies" by George Friedman. This is a non-fiction book about how George Friedman, founder and chairman of Straftor Forecasting, talks about how many of The United States' past events are all related. He mentions historic events such as 9/11, the Iraq War, and the Afghanistan war. Then he enlightens the reader by telling us about how this all plays into the "Hidden Worldwide Struggle Between United States and Its Enemies." Straftor is a private intelligence service located in Austin, Texas that show geopolitical analysis and forecasting to big corporations. George Friedman, the founder of Straftor, has hired many analysts around the world. He refers to the War on Terror (Global Was on Terrorism) as the Fourth Global War. Friedman expresses his beliefs about the United States and it's past wars and tells readers his perspective on it all. Throughout the book, Freidman tells us how he gathers information and predicts the outcomes to worldwide problems with the government and various outside companies. A big part of the book is about Friedman expressing his beliefs on the events that lead up to the Afghanistan War. George Friedman also mentions that the government lacked effort in analyzing 9/11 and the several events leading up to it. Overall, George Friedman expresses his political views very well and the book shows how he has contributed a lot to the debate on the Global War and terrorism. Many of the points he discusses in the book are rational and he shows how lots of the war and terrorism events in history can be tied together. Even though this book felt a little long and repetitive, it was still an enjoyable book to read.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-10-02 00:00:00 Jorma Lehtonen This book was written in 2004. It offers a full perspective on the United States' and its major ally Saudi Arabia's setting up and assisting the islamic fighting forces in afghanistan, and later on facing the repercussions and the overt and covert operations to counter-fighting these elements a decade later. Very important to understand the conflict