Articles & Commentary
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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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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 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.
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Between stereotypes, visions and challenges
The evolution of modern Greece through the analysis of social transformation, the state and the nation in the collective volume "The Great Transformation"
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Jewish Thessaloniki, part of our history
The collective volume "Modern Greek Jewry", edited by Maria Kavala, with a total of 15 texts on multiple aspects of the Jewish presence and memory
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The Kapodistrias of a philhellene
The massive biography of Greece's first governor by the former Second World War spy and head of the British mission
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From the Ottoman community to the Greek administration
In the study of the National Hellenic Research Foundation "Three Eparchs on Andros", the historian investigates the transition from the Ottoman period to the new administration
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H. D. Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”
"Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?" Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was one of the most important visionaries and philosophers of 19th-century America.
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Venizelos facing his era
The social demands, populism and European politics from the advent of the politician until 1922
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Greece in the time of Otto
Everyday habits in dozens of aspects of the newly founded state and the gradual detachment from the "community"
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History through maps
The impressive album on the 130-year course of the Hellenic Army Geographical Service, in cooperation with the Trikogleios Library and Aristotle University
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Crusades: The modern perspective
Peter Frankopan's book "The First Crusade: The Call from the East" (Alexandria publications, translated by G. Vogiatzis) deals with the pivotal event of the First Crusade, which set in motion a chain of events.
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The deep trauma of “collaboration”
In "Betting on the German Roulette" the author shows the extent of the spy networks and of collaboration during the Occupation
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The great journey of his life
The two volumes of the great philhellene's journey from the Netherlands to the Iron Gates of the Danube have been reissued
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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