Greece: The Modern Sequel, from 1831 to the Present

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NYU Press, 2002 M10 30 - 407 pages

"...Meticulously researched...Thoroughly documented with copious footnotes, a shronology, and extensive bibliography, this work is recommended for academic libraries."
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Focusing on questions that seek to illuminate vital aspects of the Greek phenomenon, this modern history of Greece is organized around themes such as politics, institutions, society, ideology, foreign policy, geography, and culture. Making clear their predilection for the principles that inspired the founding fathers of the Greek state, Koliopoulos and Veremis juxtapose these principles to contemporary practices, and outline the resulting tensions in Greek society as it enters the new millenium.
Challenging established notions and stereotypes that have disfigured Greek history, Greece: A Modern Sequel is meant to encourage a fresh look at the country and its people. In the process, a portrait of a new Greece emerges: modern, diverse, and strong.

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Contents

POLITICS AND STATECRAFT
11
A regime to suit the nation
19
Government and people
44
11
108
Homo politicus
126
The Church of Greece
141
The military
154
THE ECONOMY
165
The return of the Hellenes
242
Of Greeks and others
249
Europe in Greece
263
FOREIGN POLICY
277
The postwar legacy
294
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY
327
A northern boundary
333
War for land
342

A land of peasants
181
The search for a middle class
194
Of heroes and heroic deeds
212
Crime and impunity
221
IDEOLOGY
227
Demarcating the past
236
Part VIII
349
Conclusion
360
Bibliography
372
Index
405
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