A short history of modern Greece,
Subtitle: 1821-1956
Edition: 3d ed. 3d ed., rev. and enl. by Douglas Dakin.
Publisher: Methuen
Published: 1960
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Greece -- History -- 1821-
First sentence: The modern kingdom of Greece owes its origin to two main main causes: primarily, to the spontaneous impulse of the Christian population of the Ottoman Empire, and, secondarily, to the practical sympathy of Great Britain, France, and Russia.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 256-258.
Table of contents: title: (v–vii) Preface to the first edition. (viii) Preface to the third edition [by Dakin]. / PART I: Greece from the Turkish conquest to the outbreak of the war of 1914–18. (1) I. The Greeks under Turkish domination and the growth of national sentiment. (10) II. The Greek war of independence: Greece under King Otho (1821–64). (20) III. The reign of King George I down to the annexation of Thessaly (1864–81). (30) IV. The reign of King George I from 1881 to 1908. (40) V. The Young Turk revolution and the Balkan league (1908–12). (50) VI. The Balkan wars (1912–13). (62–71) VII. From the treaty of Bucharest to the outbreak of the war of 1914–18 (1913–14). / PART II: Greece during the war of 1914–18. (73) VIII. Greece at the outbreak of the war of 1914–18. (81) IX. Political events in Greece from January to October 1915. (90) X. Greece and her obligations towards Serbia. (99) XI. The elections of December 1915 and the betrayal of the Rupel fort. (105) XII. The beginnings of the National Movement. (114) XIII. The events of 1st and 2nd December 1916 in Athens. (122) XIV. Greece in disunion. (128–34) XV. The triumph of M. Venizelos and the allied victory in Macedonia. / PART III: Greece from 1918 to 1957. (135) XVI. The peace conference (1919–21). (141) XVII. The Greek campaign in Asia Minor and its consequences (1921–2). (148) XVIII. The treaty of Lausanne and the foundation of the republic (1923–5). (159) XIX. The dictatorship of General Pangalos, and the return of M. Venizelos (1925–8). (169) XX. M. Venizelos in power again (1928–32). (181) XXI. The reaction towards monarchism and the restoration of King George II (1933–5). (193) XXII. General Metaxas becomes dictator (1936–9). (204) XXIII. The outbreak of the war in 1939 and the Italian attack upon Greece. (213) XXIV. The German invasion: the occupation of Greece by the Axis (1941–5). (221) XXV. The liberation of Greece: the civil war of 1944–5. (227) XXVI. The reconstruction of Greece during the post-war years: Greece, and Europe, 1945–56. (244–55) XXVII. The Greeks of to-day. (256–8) Bibliography. (259–68) Index.