Volume 4, Number 9 · June 3, 1965
Ataturk
By Neal Ascherson
Ataturk: A Biography of Mustafa Kemal, Father of Modern Turkey
by Lord Kinross
Morrow, 615 pp., $7.50
As the 'father of a nation,' Mustata Kemal is a more interesting figure than most of his trade. Today the fathers of nations drift about the lobbies of the United Nations in careworn droves, the wails of their neglected brood making a proper acquaintance almost impossible. And in fact few of them would greatly repay acquaintance. The Bandas, Kaundas, and Ayubs are worthy men, but not up to the stature of Kemal Atatürk.
Review, 1698 words
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