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International and Domestic Politics in Greece during the Crimean War

By Kofas J.V.

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Language
english
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70 MB (73722696 bytes)
Pages
\95
Topic
History
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2017-08-07 07:01:42
Исторические дисциплины;История стран Европы и Аме

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New York: Columbia University Press, 1980. — 175 p. — (East European Monographs, No. LXI).This monograph deals primarily with Greek foreign policy during the Crimean War and the related domestic problems. During the 1840s the Megali Idea, or Great Idea, became part of Greek foreign policy. Its objective was the eventual recreation of the Byzantine Empire, with immediate goals in the acquisition from the Ottomans of Epirus, Thessaly, and Macedonia. This basic enmity with Turkey brought conflict with Great Britain and France during the Crimean War when the Turks were those great powers' allies. The traditional Greek friendship with Russia and hostility to the Turks led to British and French troops occupying Athens in order to dissuade the Greeks from fomenting revolt in Ottoman territory. Throw into the mix internal Greek quarrels over the monarchy and democracy and the situation became quite complex.

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