Russia's South Flank; Soviet Operations in Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1963. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. 22 cm, 171 pages, notes, bibliography, index, former owner's bookplate inside front flyleaf. Front DJ flap price clipped. This book is number 126 in the series of Praeger Publications in Russian History and World Communism. The work here presented to the reader is the result of study followed up by personal observation. We first assessed the Soviet threat to Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan on the basis of available historical material, and then undertook our journeys in an effort to get a clearer evaluation by on-the-spot observation. We have traveled to Iran and Turkey a number of times in recent years, and in 1960 we both visited Afghanistan. We are concerned with the threat that is posed to these countries by the Russia created by the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution of 1917. More