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Istanbul Intrigues
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A history of espionage in Istanbul and the surrounding area during World War II, written by Barry Rubin. It is a better read then most Spy Fiction, and contains a large amount of stories. All of these are true as far as the author can tell (for obvious reasons, this kind of story generally supposes some leeway).The book shows how Turkey remained neutral by convincing everyone of its sympathies. However, its strategic location ensured that every faction had an interest here. Spies clash in both posh hallways and in seedy alleyways. Meanwhile, the war rages all around, leaving Turkey an island of safety.From there the Allies mount secret operations in the Balkans; the Germans mount ops in the Middle East; the Russians and Germans struggle for influence; lesser powers carry out their own intrigues and everyone tries (in a suitably Byzantine way) to find out and outwit each others' schemes. Meanwhile, the Turks watch over the whole thing to keep it from getting out of hand.The book is written in what the Spy Fiction trope would call a stale-martini fashion with evocative descriptions of the life in Istanbul during the war. The combination makes the book much like a film. It is well worth your read.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })It is available in both hardback and paperback at Amazon. | |
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More specifically, he had a dangerous combination of taste for intrigue with an overestimation of his skill in such matters. He had already been declared Persona Non Grata twice in his career for meddling in a host country's internal affairs. The Nazis might have killed him because He Was Outliving His Usefulness and was more then a bit of a Starscream; the anti-Nazi German exiles might have done so because they blamed him for Hitler's rise. The Jews might have done so for Revenge, as might any resistance group, and though unlikely the Allies might have done so for strategic reasons if he became annoying enough to make them ignore Diplomatic Impunity and von Papen was just the sort to do things like that. As it happened it was the Russians apparently wishing for a rift between Germany and Turkey. | |
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Always Gets His Man: Turkish security, called the Emniyet. Don't ever cross them. | |
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"Ass" in Ambassador: German Ambassador Von Papen. When an attempt is made on his life, the Emniyet is temporarily perplexed because anyone might have wanted to kill him. More specifically, he had a dangerous combination of taste for intrigue with an overestimation of his skill in such matters. He had already been declared Persona Non Grata twice in his career for meddling in a host country's internal affairs. The Nazis might have killed him because He Was Outliving His Usefulness and was more then a bit of a Starscream; the anti-Nazi German exiles might have done so because they blamed him for Hitler's rise. The Jews might have done so for Revenge, as might any resistance group, and though unlikely the Allies might have done so for strategic reasons if he became annoying enough to make them ignore Diplomatic Impunity and von Papen was just the sort to do things like that. As it happened it was the Russians apparently wishing for a rift between Germany and Turkey. | |
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The Alliance: The Allies | |
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