The Greek Revolution: 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143110934)

Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize - Named a top history book of the year by The Economist

From one of our leading historians, the definitive history of the Greek War of Independence

The Greek War of Independence was an unlikely cause, a disorganized collection of Greek patriots up against what was still one of the most storied empires in the world, the Ottomans. The revolutionaries needed all the help they could get. And they got it, as Europeans and Americans embraced the idea that the heirs to ancient Greece, the wellspring of Western civilization, were fighting for their freedom against the proverbial Eastern despot, the Turkish sultan.

Mazower does full justice to the more complicated reality on the ground, as a revolutionary conspiracy triggered outright rebellion. By the time the dust settled, Greece was free, and Europe was changed forever. It was a victory fora completely new kind of politics--international in its range and affiliations, popular in its origins, romantic in its sentiments, and radical in its goals. The Greek War of Independence was the first war in which a people claimed liberty for themselves and overthrew an entire empire to attain it, inaugurating a new world of nation-states, the world in which we still live.

Author: Mark Mazower
ISBN-10: 0143110934
ISBN-13: 9780143110934
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 11/22/2022
Pages: 608
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.39h x 5.57w x 1.27d