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Sultan Beyazid considered his father’s art collection decadent and ordered it sold at auction (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
During the 19th century, Britain fought two wars in unsuccessful attempts to subjugate the Afghans. When Britain finally drew a border between India and Afghanistan in 1893, Pashtun tribes in southern Afghanistan were cut off from related tribes across the border in what was then India and is now Pakistan. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
Romney is a classic case of re-invention. As governor of Massachusetts, he supported government-sponsored healthcare, was sympathetic to gay rights, and opposed harsh restrictions on abortion. After measuring the difference between the Massachusetts electorate and the national one to which he must now appeal, he has reversed those positions. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
After World War II, the winds of nationalism and anti-colonialism blew through the developing world. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
Many Americans, and many more people around the world, have been outraged by what they see as President George W. Bush’s radical reordering of American foreign policy. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
Conflict with the United States is one of the overwhelming facts of Latin American history (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
As British and French imperialism ebbed following the end of the Second World War, America became the main outside player in Arab affairs. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
Prairie grassland once covered much of North America’s midsection. European settlers turned nearly all of it into farms and ranches, and today the prairie landscape survives mainly in isolated reserves. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
Want to depose the government of a poor country with resources? Want to bash Muslims? Want to build support for American military interventions around the world? Want to undermine governments that are raising their people up from poverty because they don’t conform to the tastes of Upper West Side intellectuals? Use human rights as your excuse! (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
Successive American presidents have turned a blind eye to piles of evidence that Saudi money is being used to foment holy war against America. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
Some major American publishing houses still seek work by foreign writers (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
Relationships based on deals between leaders or ruling elites tend to collapse amid popular anger (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
Honduras is strongly anti-Communist, maintains no diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and has provided vital support for United States-backed rebels fighting to overthrow the Sandinistas in neighboring Nicaragua. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
Ataturk approved of the mevlevi dervish approach to God as being ‘an expression of Turkish genius’ that reclaimed Islam from what he saw as hide-bound, backward Arab tradition. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
During the Cold War, America took sides not only in disputes between Arab countries, but also in debates within them. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
The key to Turkey’s success has been its ability to reinvent itself as times change (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
Since German reunification in 1990, historians and researchers have been free to work in the East, where the lost Nazi art collection disappeared. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
Iran’s most formidable modern leader, Reza Shah Pahlavi, was obsessed with the idea of building a steel mill, but in 1941, soon after he assembled all the components, Allied armies invaded Iran, and the project had to be abandoned. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
Samarkand, with its magnificent mosques, tombs and dazzling ensembles of ceramic tiles, is still one of the world’s most awe-inspiring cities. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
If women are being oppressed in Egypt or children are being forced to join armies in the Congo, for example, it is not only acceptable but wonderful for Americans to be concerned, outraged, and active. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
The idea that Arabia is best run by Arabs is no more palatable to Western leaders today than it was to Napoleon or Churchill. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
The capture, taming, training and keeping of eagles is highly ritualized. Most of the birds, which have a life span of about 40 years, are caught when very young - either snatched from a nest or trapped in a baited net. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
Allowing a friend to careen toward self destruction is not friendship. That is a habit the United States needs to break as it pursues a richer and more deeply supportive relationship with Israel. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
During the 1990s the United States sought to impose the ‘Washington Consensus’ on Latin American governments. It embodied what Latin Americans call ‘neo-liberal’ principles: budget cuts, privatization, deregulation of business, and incentives for foreign companies. This campaign sparked bitter resistance and ultimately collapsed. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
As the United States shapes and carries out its policies toward Muslim countries, it should do so with Turkey at its side. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
Celebrating historic triumphs is a favorite pastime for many Turks. Tales of how Turkic peoples emerged from Central Asia, crossed the steppes to Anatolia, established the Ottoman Empire and ruled for centuries over large swaths of Europe and Asia are the subject of countless legends, poems and books. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
One of the immutable patterns of history is the rise and fall of great powers. Those that survive are the ones that adapt as the world changes. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
Archaeologists have made discoveries that challenge fundamental traditions of Judaism as well as those of Christianity and Islam. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
The United States has dealt with the Middle East and surrounding regions for many decades in the context of the Cold War. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
During the Cold War, the non-aligned movement tried to become a ‘third force’ in world politics, but failed because it was too large and unwieldy. (Stephen Kinzer Quotes)
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