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The British and the Hellenes - Struggles for Mastery in the Eastern Mediterranean 1850-1960 (Paperback)
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The British and the Hellenes - Struggles for Mastery in the Eastern Mediterranean 1850-1960 (Paperback)
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The Greek revolt against Turkish rule in the 1820s, and the ensuing
establishment of an independent Hellenic Kingdom, was the principal
precursor of an age of nationalism in the eastern Mediterranean
world. Amongst the Great Powers, Great Britain thereafter played
the most critical role in struggles to expand the frontiers of
Greece beyond their initially confined extent. Through a focus on
events leading to the cession of the Ionian Islands to Greece in
1864, the often bloody process of Cretan unification climaxing in
1913, the adhesion of the Dodecanese to Greece in 1948, and the
travails of British colonial rule in Cyprus through to independence
in 1960, the book develops a comparative overview of Great
Britain's engagements with the modern Hellenic experience.
At the heart of the various themes covered by this volume is the
interaction between internal and external forces shaping the
futures of divided island societies. In exploring the resulting
patterns the authors provide an original insight into the political
and social morphology of the eastern Mediterranean. Although the
principal context is provided by Anglo-Hellenic relations, the
nature of the struggles necessitate a close attention to Ottoman
decline and post-Ottoman succession, Great Power rivalries, ethnic
and communal disintegration, the early history of international
peace-keeping, and decolonization after 1945.
In tracing these preoccupations, the often neglected significance
of the eastern Mediterranean is more accurately situated in
relation to British authority overseas and its limits. Although the
policy process is carefully charted, the essential concern is with
struggles of mastery within islands whereBritons and Greeks,
amongst others, found themselves frequently at odds. In evoking the
engagement between British power and Hellenic nationalism, a fresh
perspective is given to the modern history of the eastern
Mediterranean, and the Balkan and Near Eastern worlds to which they
were intimately connected.
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