Articles & Commentary
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The nationalism of Barrès, Dragoumis and Greece
For those of us who work on the Greek 19th century, Paraskevas Matalas's book "Nation and Orthodoxy: The Adventures of a Relationship" is a landmark work for the period, as it studies in minute detail the penetration of nationalisms into the Balkan region as we understand them today.
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The ever-relevant Henry Kissinger
The "combative" book by the British diplomat and specialist in the history of Cyprus on the role of the leading American politician
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When the Second World War becomes literature
The treatment of historical events in "The Splendid and the Vile" and "The Flight Portfolio" by Erik Larson and Julie Orringer respectively
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Editor’s choice: The Cold War – a world history
Odd Arne Westad The Cold War: A World History Translated by: Despina Konstantinakou Published by Patakis, 616 pp. Price: €31 The reference book of the
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Metamorphoses, conversions, transitions, transformations
The course of people towards 1821 and their transformation into political subjects after it, through four books
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The dictionary of the protagonists of 1821
The narration of the first three phases of the modern Greek state through thematic entries and the author's reflective, popularising writing in the "Primer of Modern Greek History"
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“Say Nothing”: A hard-hitting book about the other “Bloody” Sunday
The award-winning book by Patrick Radden Keefe, which became a mini-series on Disney+, besides the shocking story of Jean McConville, who was abducted and murdered by the IRA, offers an example of intensity of writing and research that we do not often come across.
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“Anonymous”… Kapodistrias?
According to K. Th. Dimaras, there are three major texts of the Modern Greek Enlightenment, at least in terms of forming the modern Greek national consciousness and describing a complete national vision with the aim of national emancipation:
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Abimael Guzmán: The fourth sword of the world communist movement
Who was Abimael Guzmán, the Peruvian leader of the Maoist organisation "Shining Path".
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“The Cold War”: A fascinating study of the “shell” of the 20th century
The excellent history book by John Lamberton Harper goes beyond the established accounts, but above all offers stimuli for other readings of the Cold War.
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Kasomoulis as a compass for research
The philological and historical editing of the "Memoirs" by Alexis Politis, professor emeritus of Modern Greek Philology
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British liberalism and 1821
The dissenting Protestants and the development of philhellenism.
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The many faces of 1821
Six multi-themed publications on the pre-revolutionary world, the Revolution of 1821 and its consequences for the formation of the modern Greek state
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Why the “organised Revolution” succeeded
A synthetic account of the preparation, the causes and the protagonists before the outbreak of 1821
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German propaganda and the National Schism
In "The Hirelings" the historian reconstructs the spy networks that collaborated with the anti-Venizelist faction
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The man who would become a leader
A first assessment of the new biography of Eleftherios Venizelos by Michael John Llewellyn-Smith (C. Hurst and Co)
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The history and function of the middle class in Greece in the book of Panagis Panagiotopoulos
The "long-suffering" middle class, who makes up the middle class, we crushed the middle class.
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The revolution of the intellect
The ideological currents of modernity in the study by the professor emeritus of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Crete
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Venice: City, state, company, naval power, democracy
William McNeill covers seven centuries of Venetian history in his excellent book, which was recently released.