Articles & Commentary
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The allure of irrationalism
When the well-known American historian Richard Wolin published in 2004 his well-known book on the fascination that fascism held for well-known intellectual figures, he could not have imagined the fascination that irrationalism would exert a few years later, because of the use of a mask during the greatest public health crisis humanity faced in the 21st century.
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The unknown history of “Zoe”
The beginning of the religious organisation in 1907 as a "reformist force", its relations with the Church, the split, and the autobiography of its "leader" Ilias Mastrogiannopoulos
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Rereading Finlay’s “Revolution”
A rereading of George Finlay's "History of the Greek Revolution", in the translation by Alexandros Papadiamantis
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1821–2021: The consciousness of unity
The celebration of 1821 already stands on the pedestal it deserves, because it is an event of freedom, patriotism and unity, and these are values that must be neither cheapened nor handed over to the extremes.
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A comic about the hostages of Görlitz
Thanasis Petrou's new creation recalls the story of the Fourth Army Corps, which in 1916 ended up in Germany
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1909: the end and beginning of history
The historian's concise introduction to the year that is interpreted as the boundary between modern and contemporary Greece
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The game of spies in the Cold War era
The Cold War has many episodes, geostrategic, military and political. But the episode of espionage, with incredible stories of double agents, assassinations, betrayals and the leaking of secrets, stands out.
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The “God-cursed stranger” of 1854
The passage of Asiatic cholera through Piraeus and Athens, in the midst of the Crimean War and the reign of Otto
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Theodoros Kolokotronis: From “klepht” to co-founder of modern Greece
One of the most recognisable but also most fascinating figures of 1821
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Three books on 1821
Revolution, the shaping and definition of local and national identities, the evolution of the Revolution into a new political entity. 1821 seems inexhaustible in its themes, as well as in the investigation of even those that are considered already known
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Filiki Eteria: the restless “conspirators”
The role of the secret organisation in the preparation of the Greek Revolution, based on classic and recent accounts in historiography
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Return to the future
The challenges of globalisation, contact with "others", national narratives, the symbols of identities and the dangers of political correctness, in the form of a travelogue
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Churchill, the man who did not surrender
The exhaustive biography of the English leader, which is already winning positive reviews from the international press
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Arabs, those unknown people
The American historian's exhaustive analysis of the volatile region of the planet, the history of pan-Arabism and of nationalisms, imperialism and the rivalry of the great powers
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Through the eyes of the British
The experiences of soldiers on the fronts of the Second World War through personal correspondence, diaries and memories
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When Armenians joined the Democratic Battalions
A study of the activity of the military in the little-known period that followed the Asia Minor Catastrophe
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Clash of West and East
The first book with which the professor of Global History at Oxford is introduced to the Greek public concerns the First Crusade
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Christopher Clark: “History reminds us that we are not alone”
One of the most important historians of our time speaks to LiFO.
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War, father of all
The Belgian international relations scholar Jonathan Holslag, who teaches International Politics at the Free University of Brussels and at the NATO Defence College, is also an adviser to the Vice-Presidency of the European Commission.