Claiming Macedonia
Subtitle: the struggle for the heritage, territory and name of the historic Hellenic land, 1862-2004
By: George C. Papavizas.
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Macedonian question.; Eastern question (Balkan); Greeks -- Macedonia -- History.; Macedonia -- Ethnic relations -- History.; Macedonia -- Politics and government -- 1912-1945.; Macedonia  (Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1945-1992.; Macedonia (Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1992-
Description: "For nearly 150 years, Greeks and Slavs have fought one another for the right to be called Macedonian. This book examines the dispute between Hellenism and Bulgarism, the world wars and the rise of Tito in Yugoslavia, communism's co-opt of the Macedonian title and interference in the Greek civil war, and the situation today"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The origin of the Macedonian question; title: The Balkan wars and World War I (1912-1918); title: The rise of communism and the Macedonian question; title: World War II and the struggle for Macedonia; title: State-controlled "Macedonian" ethnogenesis; title: The Greek civil war and the struggle for Macedonia; title: The struggle for Macedonia after 1950; title: Appendix: a history of Hellenic Macedonia.