A Short History of Modern GreeceThis history surveys the history of the Greek people from the declining years of the Byzantine Empire to the late twentieth-century. The second edition includes a topical chapter to bring the account up to the late 1980s. |
Contents
the downfall | 1 |
The Greeks under Ottoman rule 14531800 | 16 |
The struggle for emancipation 18001833 | 43 |
Independence nation building and irredentism | 103 |
Dictatorship occupation resistance and civil war | 133 |
Uncertain democracy and military dictatorship | 166 |
From authoritarianism to democracy 1974 | 200 |
Common terms and phrases
Aegean Albania alliance allies armatoloi armed forces Asia Minor Athens authority Balkan Britain British Bulgarian Byzantine Capodistrias cent Centre Union century Christian Church civil Colonels communist Constantinople constitution coup Crete crisis crusaders Cypriots Cyprus Danubian principalities declared Democracy Democratic Army dictatorship economic ecumenical patriarchate elections electoral Emperor Entente Epirus Etairia Europe favour foreign George Papandreou Greece Greece's Greek politics Greek population Greek Rally Greek society increasingly independence insurgents island Italian Karamanlis King Constantine King George klephts leader liberation London Macedonia majority Makarios ment Metaxas military monarchy Moreover nonetheless occupation officers organised Orthodox Otto Ottoman Empire Ottoman rule Papadopoulos Papagos Papandreou Papandreou's parliament party PASOK Peloponnese Phanariots Plastiras politicians Populists Porte president prime minister refugees regime resistance resulted Russian Salonica seats Serbs Smyrna Sultan territorial Thessaly tion treaty Trikoupis troops Tsaldaris Turkey Turkish Turks United Democratic Left Venizelist Venizelos vote Ypsilantis
References to this book
History and Ethnicity Elizabeth Tonkin,Malcolm Kenneth Chapman,Maryon McDonald No preview available - 1989 |