Modernes Antiquariat. - Millitär. Birand, Mehmet Ali. Shirts of Steel. An Anatomy of the Turkish Armed Forces. London. I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltdx. Publishers. 1991. 22 x 14,5 cm. XV; 211 P. Original board with gilt back. Cover and back cover a bit shop-soiled and also minimal blotchy. With colour illustrated dust jacket. Front and back side a bit blotchy and shop-soiled. Insie the dust-jacket with a price label. Inside the back cover with hand writen and pencil notes. Pages permanent slightly bronzy and also sometimes a bit blotchy and shop-soiled. On the book end paper with a hand writen notice Adapted from the contents: The Turkish armed forces, over 800.000 strong, ocupy a very special position in Turkish society. One of the largest armies in NATO,m it is accorded a status enyoed by no other European army. Its influence on the political life of the Republic runs deep. Three times - in 1961, 1971 and 1980 - the army has intervended in politics, on the third ocasion to undertake wholesale constitutional and legal restructuring.