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Eastward to Tartary

Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus

Eastward to Tartary( )
Author: Kaplan, Robert D.
ISBN:978-0-375-50272-9
Publication Date:Nov 2000
Publisher:Random House Publishing Group
Imprint:Random House
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $26.95
Book Description:

At its peak, the Ottoman empire stretched from Hungary to the Gulf of Aden to the Caspian Sea. Informed by a lifetime of travel and exploration, Eastward to Tartary takes you on a spellbinding journey into the heart of that still-unsettled region, a journey over land and through history. Seven years ago, Robert Kaplan published a book on an obscure corner of Eastern Europe that many Americans had never heard of. That book, Balkan Ghosts, became a classic of travel writing, a landmark...
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Book Details
Pages:384
Detailed Subjects: Travel / Europe / Eastern
Travel / Middle East / General
History / Asia / Central Asia
History / Middle East / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.48 x 9.54 x 1.15 Inches
Book Weight:1.5 Pounds
Author Biography
Kaplan, Robert D. (Author)
Journalist Robert D. Kaplan is a contributing editor The Atlantic Monthly.

He has traveled extensively, and his journeys through Yugoslavia and America have produced, respectively, Balkan Ghosts (which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize) and An Empire Wilderness.

Kapan is also the author of Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power (Random House, 2010) and The Revenge of Geography (Random House, 2012)

Kaplan has lectured at the FBI, the National Security Agency, the Pentagon's Joint Staff, major universities, the CIA, and business forums.

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