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Citizenship and the Nation-State in Greece and Turkeyby Faruk Birtek; Thalia Dragonas
Routledge 2004; US$ 39.95Citizenship and the Nation State in Greece and Turkey brings together papers on a transdisciplinary dialogue on nation formation in Greece and Turkey as successor states of the Ottoman Empire, and on aspects of civil society in the two more...
Greece's New Geopoliticsby Ian Lesser
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This work assesses Greece's evolving geopolitical role in light of its developing international relationships and a challenging regional political environment. It pays special attention to the implications for southeastern Europe and transatlantic relations. more...
Eleftherios Venizelosby Paschalis M. Kitromilides
Edinburgh University Press 2006; US$ 89.99Offers a study of Eleftherios Venizelos, a towering figure in European diplomacy and Greece's greatest statesman in the twentieth century. The trajectory of Venizelos' career from Cretan rebel to an admired European statesman is charted in a sequence of chapters that survey his rise and great achievements in Greek and European politics. more...
The Withered Vineby Charles Shrader
Greenwood Publishing Group 1999; US$ 125.00Aiming to explain the failure of the Communist insurgency in Greece, this text studies the fate of an armed revolutionary movement which lacks adequate manpower and logistical resources, and is divided on such basic matters as foreign policy and the employment of its military capabilities. more...
Greece and the Cold Warby Evanthis Hatzivassiliou
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 160.00Presents a comprehensive analysis of Greek foreign and internal policy during the Cold War, covering the key period from the country's accession to NATO in 1952 until the imposition of the colonels' dictatorship in 1967. This book is of interest to students of Greek politics, Balkans history, the Cold War and strategic studies. more...
Genres of Recollectionby Penelope Papailias
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 102.00"Genres of Recollection" is an ethnography of popular historical practice in Greece. more...
The Making of Modern Greeceby Roderick Beaton; David Ricks
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2009; US$ 124.95In 1821, when the banner of revolution was raised against the empire of the Ottoman Turks, the story of 'Modern Greece' is usually said to begin. Less well known is the international recognition given to Greece as an independent state with full sovereign rights, as early as 1830, placing Greece in the vanguard among the new nation-states of Europe. This book brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines to explore the contribution of characteristically 19th-century European modes of thought to the 'making' of Greece as a modern nation, focusing on the themes of nationalism, romanticism and the uses of the Classical and Byzantine past in the construction of a durable national identity at once 'Greek' and 'modern'. more...
Historical Dictionary of Modern Greeceby Dimitris Keridis
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2009; US$ 79.99The Historical Dictionary of Modern Greece explores the modern history of this country through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions, as well as on significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects. more...
Modern Greeceby John S. Koliopoulos; Thanos M. Veremis
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2009; US$ 99.95Modern Greece: A History since 1821 is a chronological account of the political, economic, social, and cultural history of Greece, from the birth of the Greek state in 1821 to 2008 by two leading authorities. Pioneering and wide-ranging study of modern Greece, which incorporates the most recent Greek scholarship Sets the history of modern Greece within the context of a broad geo-political framework Includes detailed portraits of leading Greek politicians Provides in-depth considerations on the profound economic and social changes that have occurred as a result of Greece’s EU membership more...
Greek Colonisation, 2by Gocha R Tsetskhladze
BRILL 2008; US$ 216.00Greeks set up colonies in new environments, establishing themselves in lands stretching from the Iberian Peninsula in the west to North Africa in the south and the Black Sea in the north-east. This work aims to present the general picture of this phenomenon, showing its importance in the history of the whole ancient world, including the Near East. more...