The British and the Hellenes: Struggles for Mastery in the Eastern Mediterranean 1850-1960

ISBN-13: 9780199249961 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 280 str.

Robert Holland

Opis

The age of nationalism in the eastern Mediterranean world began with the Greek revolt against Turkish rule in the 1820s. This book explores the power struggles which followed, focusing in particular on Britain's role in the expansion of Greece as an independent nation-state. The book traces events from these nineteenth-century origins right up to the travails of British colonial rule in Cyprus and its ending in 1960.

Recenzje

All in all, this is a highly impressive volume based on extensive primary research and secondary reading. In chronicling British reactions to Hellenic nationalist movements, Robert Holland and Diana Markides have produced a superb nuanced study that deserves to be added to any university library with an interest in the history of modern Greece.