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List of Illustrations and Photographic Acknowledgements
List of Maps
Names, Dates and Titles
To the Reader
Introduction: The Nation and its Ancestors
1. East Meets West? (1718–1797)
2. A Seed is Sown (1797–1821)
3. Born in Blood (1821–1833)
4. First Steps (1833–1862)
5. Ideals and Sorrows of Youth (1862–1897)
6. Military Service (1897–1913)
7. The Self Divided (1913–1923)
8. Starting Over (1923–1940)
9. Meltdown (1940–1949)
10. Uncle Sam’s Protégé (1949–1974)
11. Coming of Age in Europe (1974–2004)
12. Midlife Crisis? (2004–)
Notes
Sources and Further Reading
Acknowledgements
Index
Roderick Beaton is Emeritus Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature at King’s College London and Commander of the Order of Honour of the Hellenic Republic. He is the author or editor of multiple books, including, most recently, Byron’s War: Romantic Rebellion, Greek Revolution.
“Beaton’s sweeping, sympathetic history of modern Greece
illustrates the tensions between two kinds of nationalism—and
ultimately, between two kinds of freedom. . . . It ought
immediately to become the standard history of the modern
nation.”
*American Interest*
“By treating modern Greece as a biographical subject, a living
entity in its own right, Beaton encourages the reader to take a
fresh look at the people and culture so celebrated for their past,
even as they strive to build a future as part of the modern
West.”
*National Herald*
2019 Best Books in History
*Financial Times, on the UK Edition*
“As Beaton argues in Greece, his splendid new book, ‘Greece and the
modern history of the Greek nation matter, far beyond the bounds of
the worldwide Greek community.’ . . . Beaton’s biographical conceit
keeps the narrative focused, lively, and clear.”
*Wall Street Journal*
"Beaton’s 'story of Greece as a modern nation' or rather his
'celebrity biography' of the country is well-written, lavishly
illustrated, important, and timely."
*CounterPunch*
"The claims of Greek antiquity on European consciousness have
always outweighed those of the modern Greek nation. But Beaton
argues that Greeks have been pioneers in modern times too, and that
the nation's modern contribution to the identity of Europe should
be recognized and understood."
*Times Literary Supplement*
“This is a welcome and informative read for scholars, students, and
travelers by a master of Greek history and literature, an act of
love by an accomplished Philhellene, highly recommended to
travelers and other readers.”
*Choice*
"Beaton’s history of modern Greece is a scholarly and elegant
introduction to this beguiling country. Serious students of history
should read it, and no visitor to Greece should leave home without
it."
*Literary Review, on the UK edition*
“The most impressive achievement of Beaton’s book is the way that
he captures the full dimensions of Greece’s recent troubles by
setting them in the context of the two centuries since the 1821–32
war of national independence. Beaton sheds light on recurrent
patterns of political conflict, social change and economic upheaval
to which most non-Greek policymakers and commentators during the
2010–18 debt crisis were too busy or—less forgivably—too ignorant
to pay attention. . . . Few scholars are better qualified to treat
such themes than Beaton, one of the English-speaking world’s
leading authorities on modern Greek culture. . . . His new
book—judicious, well-researched and commendably up-to-date—deserves
to be the standard general history of modern Greece in English for
years to come.”
*Financial Times, on the UK Edition*
“Beaton makes clear that Greece belongs to the world rather than
just itself. And this is why the country still matters, and
probably always will.”
*Spectator, on the UK Edition*
“The lands, waters, winds, islands, and light of present-day Hellas
tell an elemental story that reaches back to pre-historic
times. Beaton’s biography of the modern nation of Greece
offers a richly textured, highly readable account of
the tumultuous yet fascinating history that took place in
this wondrous corner of the world during the past three centuries.
One cannot help but be captivated by it.”
*Robert Pogue Harrison, author of Juvenescence: A Cultural History
of Our Age*
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