3.5 stars
Suzy Hansen is an American journalist who has lived in Istanbul for many years and was forced to examine her own country's involvement in Turkey's current political climate. This book ended up not exactly what I expected, which was an in depth exploration of Turkey and other places in the Middle East, but instead is much more politically focus involving an in depth exploration of the United State's involvement in foreign affairs and the imperial undertones. There are definitely good points and I learned a lot of interesting/frightening facts of my country's seedy underbelly, however, I was not always sure what point she was trying to make and many times it just felt repetitive. This is an important book to read and even during the times that I struggled with it, I still felt that it is important to take a realistic look at the effects of interceding in other countries politics. I received a digital ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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