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Brigands with a Cause: Brigandage and Irredentism in Modern Greece 1821-1912: Brigandage and Irredentism in Modern Greece, 1821-1912
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Product Description
This book examines both brigandage and irredentism in Greece since the War of Independence, tracing the intimate links between the two, their impact on Greek politics and statecraft, and their influence on the modern Greek state. It also served as a safety device which defused explosive situations. Unable to prevail over illegitimate group violence, the state tried to divert it into two generally acceptable channels - irredentist activity, and the incorporation of brigands into paramilitary units - giving it a semblance of legitimacy and rendering its activities less dangerous to the security of the state. Eventually the characteristics and values of brigandage itself and those who practised it became the predominant features of the modern Greek state and society, albeit wearing a mantle of Western respectability. Based on a wide range ogf sources, this study aims to separate reality from myth in examining the forces and factors involved in turning brigands into national heroes.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2211163 in Books
- Published on: 1987-09-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 360 pages
Editorial Reviews
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"An excellent book....Should become indispensable reading for all students of modern Greece and be part of theire libraries. It is a well-written and thoroughly researched book; a book valuable to the scholar and interesting and enlightening to the general reader...Students of Greece are in debt to [Koliopoulos] for his excellent contribution to our knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the history, culture, and institutions of modern Hellas and the Hellenes."--History: Reviews of New Books
"Ground-breaking and revisionist."--American Historical Reivew
"An excellent contribution to understanding the complexities and difficulties that modernizing nation-states in Ssoutheastern Europe faced in the nineteenth century."--Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism
"Koliopoulos does an excellent job of divorcing myth and legend from the realities of banditry. Readers of this book will gain a greater understanding of the current antipathies between Greeks and Turks."--Choice
