Last Ottomans : The Muslim Minority of Greece, 1940-1949
Contributors: Papadimitriou, Dimitris; Mamarelis, Argyris; Niarchos, Georgios
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780230232518
Description: A new study of the international and local politics surrounding the Muslim minority of Western Thrace (Greece) in the 1940s, based on previously unseen archival material. Addresses the minority's complex identity, its relations with other communities in the area, the international diplomacy of WWII and strategic considerations of the Cold War.