Suhnaz Yilmaz is an Associate Professor of International Relations at Koc University, Istanbul.

Introduction 1. The Long Prelude: Ottoman-American Relations 2. The Problematic Era: Challenges of Post-War Settlement 3. The Interwar Period: Turkish-American Rapprochement 4. World War II: Complexities of Turkish Neutrality 5. Cold War Context: Formation of the Turkish-American Alliance. Conclusion.

Through the extensive use of both Turkish and American archival documents, this book examines Turkish-American relations from 1800 to 1952, starting with the earliest contacts and ending with the institutionalization of the alliance after Turkey's entry into NATO.