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First published in 1941, A Short History of Modern Greece, 1821-1940 provides an account of Modern Greece spanning more than a century. The book is divided into three parts. Part one traces the birth and early struggles of the Greek Kingdom through 1914. Part two examines Greece's experience during World War I (1914-18). Part three covers the period from the 1919 Armistice to the Italian invasion of Greece in October 1940. A final chapter presents personal impressions of the modern Greek people. This work will appeal to students and researchers of history, as well as general readers interested in the subject.
Contents
Part 1: Greece from the Turkish conquest to the outbreak of the war of 1914-18 1. The Greeks under Turkish domination and the growth of national sentiment 2. The Greek war of independence: Greece under King Otho (1821-64) 3. The reign of King George I down to the annexation of Thessaly (1864-81) 4. The reign of King George I from 1881 to 1908 5. The young Turk revolution and the Balkan league (1908-12) 6. The Balkan wars (1912-13) 7. From the treaty of Bucharest to the outbreak of the war of 1914-18 (1913-14) Part 2: Greece during the war of 1914-18 8. Greece at the outbreak of the war of 1914-18 9. Political events in Greece from January to October 1915 10. Greece and her obligations towards Serbia 11. The elections of December 1915 and the betrayal of the Rupel fort 12. The beginnings of the national movement 13. The events of 1st and 2nd December 1916 in Athens 14. Greece in disunion 15. The triumph of M. Venizelos and the allied victory in Macedonia Part 3: Greece from 1918 to 1940 16. The peace conference (1919-21) 17. The Greek campaign in Asia minor and its consequences (1921-2) 18. The treaty of Lausanne and the foundation of the republic (1923-5) 19. The dictatorship of general Pangalos, and the return of M. Venizelos (1925-8) 20. M. Venizelos in power again (1928-32) 21. The reaction towards monarchism and the restoration of King George II (1933-5) 22. General Metaxas becomes dictator (1936-9) 23. The outbreak of the war in 1939 and the Italian attack upon Greece 24. The Greeks of today



